https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=288
In the past, when the indication for an ICD implant was cardiomyopathy, we were required to use the Q0 modifier for Medicare patients. Based on this decision memo that was released in February of 2018, it looks to me as if it reads that the data collection requirement has been removed and that both ischemic and non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy are now covered. Does that mean that we no longer have to append the Q0 modifier?
In the past, when the indication for an ICD implant was cardiomyopathy, we were required to use the Q0 modifier for Medicare patients. Based on this decision memo that was released in February of 2018, it looks to me as if it reads that the data collection requirement has been removed and that both ischemic and non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy are now covered. Does that mean that we no longer have to append the Q0 modifier?