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Updated Billing Instructions for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)

The general billing instructions in chapters 9, 18 and 32 of Pub. 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual are being updated to: (1) provide more detailed instructions overall; (2) eliminate the HCPCS coding for FQHCs; (3) eliminate the additional line item reporting for certain preventive services when billed on TOBs 71x and 73x and (4) except for the telehealth originating site facility fees reported using revenue code 0780, requires all charges to only be reported on the revenue code line for the encounter, 052x or 0900/0910.

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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: November 19, 2004

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