Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

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CMS Issues New 'K' Codes

If you simply can’t wait until Jan. 1 to access new codes, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has a gift for you, with two new orthotics codes that you can use effective Oct. 14. The new codes for prefabricated knee orthoses were published in CMS Transmittal 3016, which was issued on Aug. 8, and are as follows: [...]
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