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Advisory Articles - Retired
Advisory Articles - Retired Articles
Retired - Correct Coding - Powered Exoskeleton Products
Retired - Correct Coding and Coverage - Panzyga® (Immunoglobulin Intravenous (Human), 10%)
Retired - Correct Coding - Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)
Retired - Continuous Glucose Monitors - Frequently Asked Questions
Retired - Correct Coding – NOC Codes for Enteral (B9998) and Parenteral (B9999) Nutrition
Retired - Coding and Coverage - Therapeutic Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM)
Retired - Speech Generating Devices – Coding Verification Review Requirement
Retired - Correct Coding - inFlow™ Intraurethral Valve-Pump (Vesiflo, Inc.)
Retired - Correct Coding - Manual Wheelchairs Constructed of Titanium
Retired - Correct Coding - 2019 HCPCS Code Annual Update
Retired - Correct Coding - Q9994 (IN-LINE CARTRIDGE CONTAINING DIGESTIVE ENZYME(S) FOR ENTERAL FEEDING, EACH) Coverage Indicator Changed
Retired - Correct Coding - Inserts Used with Therapeutic Shoes for Persons with Diabetes (A5512, A5513, K0903)
Retired - Correct Coding – “No-Touch” Catheters
Retired - Correct Coding Reminder - Duopa® (AbbVie)
Retired - Correct Coding - Not Otherwise Classified (NOC) HCPCS Codes Used for Drugs
Retired - Correct Coding and Coverage – Peristeen® Transanal Irrigation (PAI) System
Retired - Correct Coding - Center Mount Elevating Leg Rest - Revised
Retired - Correct Coding and Coverage - RELiZORB (Alcresta Therapeutics) In-Line Cartridge
Retired - Correct Coding - Otto Bock C-Leg Coding - Revised
Retired - Correct Coding – Billing of Powered L-Coded Items
Retired - Glucose Monitors LCD and Related Policy Article - Revised
Retired - Spinal Orthosis – Coding Verification Review Requirement
Retired - Coding Instructions - Microprocessor Controlled Knee Prostheses
Retired - Elastic Garments – Noncovered
Retired - Pneumatic Knee Splint – Coding Verification Review Requirement
Retired - Correct Coding Instructions – Endolite Echelon® Prosthetic Foot
Retired - Correct Coding and Billing for Microprocessor-Controlled Knee Systems
Retired - Correct Coding – Braces (Orthoses) Attached to Wheelchairs
Retired - Appropriate Coding and Billing of Lower Limb Prosthetic Covers and Covering Systems
Retired - Incorrect Use of HCPCS Codes for Custom Fit Orthotics
Retired - Vacuum Erection Device – Coding Verification Review Requirement
Retired - Correct Coding – Whill Model A Powered Personal Mobility Device
Retired - Correct Coding – Billing of HCPCS Code E0986
Retired - Correct Coding – Bariatric Pressure Reducing Support Surfaces
Retired - Correct Coding – Ankle Orthoses, With or Without Joints, Prefabricated or Custom Fabricated Coding Verification Review
Retired – Correct Coding – Martin Bionics Socket-Less Socket – Revised
Retired - Correct Coding and Coverage – Braces Constructed Primarily of Elastic or Other Fabric Materials
Retired - Xembify® - Correct Coding
Retired - Coverage and Correct Coding of CUVITRU™
Retired - Correct Coding – PRO-FLEX® Prosthetic Foot (Össur)
Retired - Correct Coding – A5513 Product Coding Redetermination Project
Retired - Correct Coding - PROSE ® Device
Retired - Correct Coding - A5513 Custom Molding Requirements
Retired - Endoskeletal Prosthetic Knee-Shin Systems - Correct Coding
Retired - Correct Coding - Custom Fabricated Wheelchair Seat and Back Cushions
Retired - Coverage and Coding – New Oral Antiemetic Drug Akynzeo®
Retired - Code Verification Review Requirement for Articulating Digit(s) and Prosthetic Hands
Retired - Heating Pads and Heat Lamps – Draft Medical Policy Finalized
Retired - Incorrect Use of HCPCS Code A9279 - Correct Coding
Retired - Correct Coding Instructions – Porta-Lung® Negative Pressure Ventilator
Retired - Correct Coding Reminder - Monitoring Technology Used With Positive Airway Pressure Devices (PAP) and Respiratory Assist Devices (RAD)
Retired - Walker Unbundling Billing for Brakes
Retired - HCPCS Code E0571 - Invalid
Retired - Tracheostomy Care Kit - Coding Guidelines
Retired - Correct Coding Instructions – A4358 Urinary Collection Bag
Retired - Urological Supplies – A4353 Correct Coding Clarification Policy Revision
Retired - L1690 Prefabricated Bilateral Lumbo-sacral Hip Orthosis - Correct Coding
Retired - 2020 HCPCS Code Update - October Edition - Correct Coding
Retired - 2021 HCPCS Code Update - July Edition - Correct Coding
Retired - K0009 Manual Wheelchair - Coding Verification Review Requirement
Retired - 2020 HCPCS Code Annual Update - Correct Coding
Retired - Correct Coding - Warranty, Reasonable Useful Lifetime (RUL), and the Minimum Lifetime Requirement (MLR) for Durable Medical Equipment
Retired - Insulin Used with Continuous External Insulin Infusion Pumps - Correct Coding
Retired - Correct Coding – Surgical Dressings Containing Medical Honey
Retired - Correct Coding – Liners used with Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Mask
Retired - Enteral Nutrition Supply Kits - B4034-B4036
Retired - Functional Electrical Stimulators – New Code
Retired - PDAC Contract Effective August 18, 2008
Retired - Clarification of Billing Surgical Dressings as Components of Kits
Retired - Correct Coding of Finger, Hand, Hand-Finger and Wrist-Hand-Finger Braces (Orthoses)
Retired – Correct Coding – Cefaly®
Retired - Continuous Glucose Monitors - Correct Coding and Billing
Retired - Respiratory Assist Devices – E0472
Retired - New Off-the-Shelf Orthotic Codes
Retired - Correct Coding – Drugs and Fluids
COVERAGE REMINDER – SPEECH GENERATING DEVICES
SPEECH GENERATING DEVICES – CODING VERIFICATION REVIEW REQUIREMENT – UPDATE
SPEECH GENERATING DEVICE – INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR CODING VERIFICATION REVIEW
Retired - Correct Coding – LIM Innovation Below Knee Socket
Retired - Correct Coding - Articulating Digit(s) and Prosthetic Hands
Retired - Correct Coding – Definitions Used for Off–the–Shelf Versus Custom Fitted Prefabricated Orthotics (Braces) – Revised
Retired - Correct Coding – Center Mounted Elevating Leg Rest
Retired - Submitting Diabetic Shoe Inserts for Coding
Retired - Correct Coding – LIM Innovations Infinite Socket™ – Revised
Retired - Correct Coding – Eclipse™ Vaginal Insert System (Pelvalon, Inc.)
Retired - Correct Coding for Pneumatic Compression Devices
Retired – Correct Coding – Eclipse™ Vaginal Insert System (Pelvalon, Inc) - Revised
Retired - Coverage and Coding – New Oral Antiemetic Drug Varubi™
Retired - Hand Finger Orthoses (L3923) - Use of CG Modifier
Retired - Correct Coding – LIM Innovations Infinite Socket™
Retired - LIM Innovation Infinite Socket - Correct Coding - Revised
Retired - Coverage and Correct Coding of Blincyto™
Retired - Coverage and Correct Coding of Duopa® (Levodopa-Carbidopa Enteral Suspension)
Retired - Coverage and Coding – New Oral Antiemetic Drug Varubi® – Revised – Effective Date July 1, 2016
Retired - Coverage and Correct Coding of HYQVIA
Retired - Correct Coding – Whill Powered Personal Mobility Devices – Revised
Retired - Coverage and Correct Coding of Blincyto™ – Revised
Retired - Coverage and Correct Coding of Duopa® (Levodopa-Carbidopa Enteral Suspension) – Revised
Retired - Coverage and Coding – New Oral Antiemetic Drug Akynzeo® – Revised
Retired - Correct Coding - Lithium Batteries
Retired - Coverage and Correct Coding of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices
Retired - Coverage and Correct Coding of HYQVIA (Immune Globulin Infusion (Human) 10%, with Recombinant Human Hyaluronidase) – Revised
Retired - MyoPro™ - Coding Reminder
Retired - Coverage and Correct Coding of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Devices - Revised
Retired - Correct Coding - Lithium Batteries - Updated
Retired - MyoPro® (Myomo, Inc.) Assist Device - Correct Coding - Revised
Retired - Correct Coding - MyoPro® (Myomo, Inc.) Assist Device
Retired - Correct Coding - Definitions Used for Off-the-Shelf versus Custom Fitted Prefabricated Orthotics (Braces) - Revised
Retired - Correct Coding - Definitions Used for Off-the-Shelf versus Custom Fitted Prefabricated Orthotics (Braces) - Revised
Retired - Manual Wheelchair Bases
Retired - Manual Wheelchair Bases
Retired - Collagen Surgical Dressings – Coding Verification Review Requirement
Retired - Power Mobility Device Independent Testing Requirements
Retired - Coding Guidelines for Ankle Foot Orthoses
Retired - Revised – Collagen Surgical Dressings – Coding Verification Review Requirement
Retired - K0009 Manual Wheelchair – Coding Verification Review Requirement – Update
Retired - K0009 Manual Wheelchair – Coding Verification Review Requirement – Deadline Extended
Retired - K0009 Manual Wheelchair – Coding Verification Review Requirement - Revised
Retired - Revised - Coding Guidelines for Ankle-Foot Orthoses
Retired - Correct Coding - Articulating Digit(s) and Prosthetic Hands - Revised
Retired - Ankle-Foot Orthoses – Arizona-Type – Correct Coding
Retired - Ultrasonic/Electronic Aerosol Generator With Small Volume Nebulizer – Coding Verification Review Requirement
Retired - Charcot Restraint Orthotic Walker - Crow Boot - Coding
Retired - Reminder - Ultrasonic/Electronic Aerosol Generator With Small Volume Nebulizer – Coding Verification Review Requirement
Retired - Correct Coding – Submitting Diabetic Shoe Inserts for HCPCS Coding – PDAC Coding Application Instruction
Retired - Correct Coding – Pneumatic Compression Devices and Related Appliances – Revised
Retired – Power Mobility Device Independent Testing Requirements - Revised
Retired - Hand-Finger Orthoses – Use of CG Modifier – Revised
Retired - Charcot Restraint Orthotic Walker – Crow Boot – Coding Update
Retired - Ankle-Foot Orthoses – Arizona-Type – Correct Coding – Revised
Retired - Height Standards for Coding LSO and TLSO - Revised
Retired - Correct Coding - MyoPro (Myomo, Inc.) Assist Device - Revised
Retired - Correct Coding – HCPCS Coding Recommendations from Non-Medicare Sources
Retired - Correct Coding – Bemer Physical Vascular Therapy Devices
Retired - Enteral Nutrition - Correct Coding and Billing - Revised
Retired - Parenteral Nutrition - Correct Coding and Billing - Revised
Retired - Parenteral Nutrition - Correct Coding and Billing
Retired - Enteral Nutrition - Correct Coding and Billing
Retired - Upper Limb Prostheses - Correct Coding
Retired - Panzyga® (Immunoglobulin Intravenous (Human), 10%) Correct Coding and Coverage - Revised
Retired - Panzyga® (Immunoglobulin Intravenous (Human), 10%) Correct Coding and Coverage - Revised
Retired - HCPCS Codes K1018 and K1019 - Correct Coding - Revised
Retired - HCPCS Codes K1018 and K1019 - Correct Coding - Revised
Retired - HCPCS Codes K1018 and K1019 - Correct Coding
Retired - External Infusion Pumps and Related Drugs
Retired - Lymphedema Compression Treatment Items - Correct Coding and Billing
Retired - PureWick Urine Collection System - Coding and Billing Instructions
Retired - PureWick Urine Collection System - Coding and Billing Instructions - Revised
Retired - PureWick Urine Collection System - Coding and Billing Instructions - Revised
Retired - Billing and Code Verification of HCPCS Code E0467 (Multi-Functional Ventilator) - Correct Coding
Retired - Correct Coding and Coverage of Ventilators - Revised
Retired - Correct Coding and Coverage of Ventilators – Revised April 2019
Retired - Correct Coding and Coverage of Ventilators - Revised January 2019
Retired - Correct Coding and Coverage of Ventilators – Revised May 2016
Retired - Correct Coding and Coverage of Ventilators – Revised Effective January 1, 2016
Retired - Correct Coding and Coverage of Ventilators
Retired - Correct Coding and Coverage of Ventilators - Revised July 2020
Retired - ALYGLO® (immune globulin intravenous, human-stwk), 10% Liquid - Correct Coding and Coverage
Retired - Correct Coding of Elbow, Shoulder, Shoulder-Elbow-Wrist-Hand and Shoulder-Elbow-Wrist-Hand-Finger Braces (Orthoses)
Retired - Code Verification Review Requirement for Lower Limb Orthoses (L1843, L1951) and Osteogenesis Stimulator (E0747, E0748, E0760)
Last Updated:
05/20/2022