CMS Withdraws Proposal on Miscellaneous Codes

AAHomecare is proud to announce a win for rehab suppliers on preserving miscellaneous codes!

This past June, CMS proposed eliminating K0108 and E1399 and replacing them with six codes all based on price. AAHomecare submitted comments asking that CMS withdraw the miscellaneous coding and payment proposal and retain the current miscellaneous codes and reimbursement based on individual consideration. Among other failures, the proposed coding change would have created an inappropriate lumping of dissimilar items without design, technical, or clinical commonalities into arbitrary payment groupings. CMS’ proposal went far beyond a simple coding change and would have been inconsistent with the Social Security Act requirement to keep coding, coverage, and pricing determinations separate. Such an act would have been a radically different termination of coding rules in place for nearly 25 years. After input from AAHomecare and other industry stakeholders, CMS announced last week that it will not institute changes to the codes and withdrew its proposal.

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