February 2007
CR5131 corrects an incorrect Current Procedural Code (CPT) mentioned in the third sentence of the second paragraph in the background section of the Recurring Update Notification attachment for CR4136.
Only this sentence has been revised. All other information remains as it is written in CR4136.
Note: This article was revised on July 11, 2006, to show that the effective date is January 1, 2006 and the implementation date at the top of this page is July 24, 2006. These dates were inadvertently transposed on the original article.
Provider Types Affected
All providers and suppliers billing Medicare carriers for laboratory tests
Background
CR5131 corrects an incorrect Current Procedural Code (CPT) mentioned in the third sentence of the second paragraph in the background section of the Recurring Update Notification attachment for CR4136.
Key Points
This article and CR5131 identifies the correction issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the “Waived Tests:”
Implementation
The effective date for this instruction was January 1, 2006, and the correction by CR5131 will be implemented on July 24, 2006.
Additional Information
The official instruction, CR5131, issued to your Medicare carrier regarding this change can be found at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/transmittals/downloads/R988CP.pdf on the CMS website.
If you have any questions, please contact your state's Provider Contact Center.
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