Medicare National Coverage Determinations (NCD) Coding and Policy Manual Change Report

Per NGS Medicare: Did You Know That CMS Recently Posted the “Medicare National Coverage Determinations (NCD) Coding and Policy Manual and Change Report January 2010” Updated Manual on the CMS Web site? CMS updates the NCD code list quarterly as necessary to incorporate new codes, correct ministerial errors, incorporate the results of Coding Analysis published else where on the CMS Web site, and incorporate reconsideration of the NCDs that alter covered indications. The quarterly updates are published in the NCD Coding Policy Manual. You can download the current and previous Laboratory NCD coding manuals from the Downloads section on the CMS Web site at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/CoverageGenInfo/04_LabNCDs.asp.