Transmittals

Adds material to conform to the current regulations; revises terminology to reflect current usage; revises text to clarify its meaning or to eliminate obsolete policy; and adds, deletes, or corrects cross references.

Donations to a Provider of Produce, Supplies, Space, Etc., has been added to contain the policy previously contained in §§ 608 and 610 of Chapter 6.

October Update to the CY 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB)

Revised and Clarified Place of Service (POS) Coding Instructions

October 2012 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 13.3

Manual Medical Review of Therapy Services

Updated ICD-10 Implementation Information

Partial Code Freeze Prior to ICD-10 Implementation

National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ICD-10)

Common Edits and Enhancements Modules (CEM) Code Set Update

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) 2013 File Layout Manual

Claim Status Category and Claim Status Codes Update

Instructions for Retrieving the 2013 Pricing and HCPCS Data Files through CMS' Mainframe Telecommunications Systems

Implementation of the Award for the Jurisdiction 5 Part A and Part B Medicare Administrative Contractor (J5 A/B MAC) Reprocurement Including a New Workload Number for the Remaining WPS Legacy Workload

International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 Conversion from ICD-9 of the Medicare Shared Systems as They Relate to CMS National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) (CR 1 of 3) (ICD-10)

Contractor and Common Working File (CWF) Additional Instructions Related to Change Request (CR) 7633 - Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse

Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ICD-10)

Review of Debarment List and Processing of Tie-in Notices