CMS Releases Code Meeting Agenda

BALTIMORE — CMS has released the agenda for its June 8 public meeting on new HCPCS code requests for DME. Each of the 10 agenda items includes an overview of the request and CMS' preliminary coding decision.

Included among the requests: Adding two new codes to the existing E0277 (powered pressure reducing air mattress) for distinctions based on width and weight capacity, and establishing a code for a new high efficiency/low impact wheelchair handrim.

Final decisions will be announced in November.

The meeting will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at CMS headquarters. See the full agenda, and get the link for meeting registration on the HCPCS website.