Wiki medicare denial for dexa scan

[deut649]

biiling cpt 77080 26 with diagnosis of v82.81 and they are getting denied as not medically necessary. has some thing change that they are not paying them anymore. i checked lcd and ncd;s and cci edits. I am at a loss. Help please.

 

[mitchellde]

My understanding is that Medicare no longer routinely covers bone density screenings.

 

[deut649]

dexa medicare denial

I cant seem to find any information pertaining to that on medicare. I have contacted Medicare but they have yet to get back to me. How is everyone else billing these.

 

[rryder1963]

CMS and Dexa Scans

Here's the NCD from CMS on bone scans.

http://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverag....aspx?NCDId=256&ncdver=2&bc=AAAAgAAAAAAAAA==&