Hospitals subject to the outpatient prospective payment system will be getting some new guidance soon on the prickly subject of coding for low osmolar contrast media procedures. In program memo A-03-019 (
http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/pm_trans/A03019.pdf), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services noted that, starting with services furnished on or after April 1, hospitals will be able to report LOCM using HCPCS [...]