Transmittals

National Coverage Determination (NCD) 270.3 Blood-Derived Products for Chronic, Non-Healing Wounds

New Waived Tests

Internet-Only Manual Updates (IOM) for Critical Care, Split/Shared Evaluation and Management Services, Teaching Physicians, and Physician Assistants

Internet-Only Manual Updates (IOM) for Critical Care, Split/Shared Evaluation and Management Services, Teaching Physicians, and Physician Assistants

April 2022 Update to the Medicare Severity – Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) Grouper and Medicare Code Editor (MCE) Version 39.1 for the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) Diagnosis Codes for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccination Status and ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (PCS) Codes for Introduction or Infusion of Therapeutics and Vaccines for COVID-19 Treatment

Quarterly Update to the National Correct Coding Initiative [NCCI] Procedure-to-Procedure [PTP] Edits, Version 28.1, Effective April 1, 2022

Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule – Medicare Travel Allowance Fees for Collection of Specimens

CY2022 Telehealth Update Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

National Coverage Determination (NCD) 270.3 Blood-Derived Products for Chronic, Non-Healing Wounds

Implementation of the GV Modifier for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) for Billing Hospice Attending Physician Services

Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Annual Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Laboratory Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment

International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) and Other Coding Revisions to National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) -- April 2022 (CR 1 of 2)

Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for April 2022

April 2022 Quarterly Average Sales Price [ASP] Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files

Implementation of the Capital Related Assets Adjustment (CRA) for the Transitional Add-on Payment Adjustment for New and Innovative Equipment and Supplies (TPNIES) Under the End Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System (ESRD PPS)

ETC Managing Clinician PPA and KCF PBA Implementation

National Coverage Determination (NCD) 220.6.19, Positron Emission Tomography NaF-18 (NaF-18 PET) to Identify Bone Metastasis of Cancer- Manual Update Only

January 2022 Update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center [ASC] Payment System

Claims Processing Instructions for the New Pneumococcal 15-valent Conjugate Vaccine Code 90671 and Pneumococcal 20- valent Conjugate Vaccine Code 90677

Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) Service Period Change from 2 Years to 1 Year