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HCPCS:

Update Your Practice to Calculate Microcuries for A9606

Published on Fri May 15, 2015

New methodology does not change cost of treating an average-weight patient. You have been submitting Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code C9399 (Unclassified drugs or biological) for radium Ra 223 dichloride (Xofigo). This means that there has been no product specific code for radium Ra 223. Effective January 1, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has [...]
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