July 2008 Update to the ASC Payment System; Summary of Payment Policy Changes
This Recurring Update Notification describes changes to, and billing instructions for, payment policies implemented in the July 2008 ASC update. This update provides updated payment rates for selected separately payable drugs and biologicals, descriptors for newly created Level II
HCPCS codes for drugs and biologicals, and payment rates and descriptors for three newly created Category III CPT codes that are added to the list of payable procedures. Code deletions are also identified in this notification. The initial release of this RUN can be found in Chapter 14, section 10, of the IOM.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: June 20, 2008
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