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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)Retired - Code Verification Review Requirement for Lower Limb Orthoses (L1832, L1833, and L1851) and Lumbar Sacral Orthoses (L0648 and L0650)