Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
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Published on Fri Aug 02, 2013 
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Looking for answers to your hospice billing questions, and a training resource for employees to boot? An updated educational resource from one MAC may help.
MAC NHIC has revised its Hospice Claims Submission Billing Guide. The 22-page guide offers field-by-field instructions for completing claims.
For example: “If revenue codes 0651 or 0652 are present, value code 61 has to be reported with the appropriate Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA) code for the beneficiary’s location,” NHIC explains for the required “VALUE CODES” field.
The guide is online at www.medicarenhic.com/providers/pubs/HospiceClaimBG.pdf.
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