Triple Your CMS Cardio Screening Know-How With 3 FAQs
Published on Fri Feb 26, 2010
Understanding the asymptomatic/screening link is key for proper reporting.If you don’t know that five years equal “at least 59 months,” then the time to brush up on your cardiovascular screening blood test rules has arrived. Getting up to speed is as easy as 1-2-3 with these frequency, lab code, and V code essentials.1. Which Patients Are Eligible?All asymptomatic Medicare beneficiaries are eligible for the cardiovascular screening blood tests -- as long as they have not had the test in the last five years, which is as often as Medicare will cover the screening. To be exact, you must make sure that at least 59 months have passed since the last covered cardiovascular screening blood test,according to “The Guide to Medicare Preventive Services” at
www.cms.hhs.gov/mlnproducts/downloads/psguid.pdf,starting on page 11.No symptoms: As mentioned above, the beneficiary must be asymptomatic for you to report the lipid panel as a screening test. This means [...]
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