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CCI 22.1:

Beware New 'G-Code' Drug Screen Bundles

Published on Fri May 06, 2016

Method and UA codes off the table. After assigning seven, new HCPCS Level II “G” codes for you to report drug screenings in 2016, CMS has now created a host of edit pairs with those codes that you need to know about. CCI 22.1, effective April 1, bundles each of the codes G0477-G0479 (Drug test[s], presumptive, any number of drug [...]
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