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tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 38
REIMBURSEMENT: CMS Gives No Payment to Several New CPT Codes
And CMS also avoids coverage for substance abuse codes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its 2008 Fee Schedule earlier this month, and it spells trouble for practices that report several of the new CPT Codes .Cardiology: CMS assigned a status of -R,- or -restricted,- to new code 93982 for noninvasive study of im-planted wireless pressure sensor in aneurysmal sac following endovascular repair. CMS restricted the code be-cause the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) currently only approves these studies at the time of an endovascular repair, and doesn't cover them for follow-up pressure studies...
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