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Which New Codes Are Worth It?
There are newly approved codes aplenty, but nearly half of them will be reimbursed at a reduced ASC rate.
Sheri Bernard

More than 750 procedures that were once excluded from ASCs are permitted under CMS' payment plan for 2008, but many of these approved CPT codes represent very minor surgical procedures. What's more, around 350 of them will be reimbursed at a reduced ASC rate because CMS wants to prevent inappropriate migration of these services from office suites to ASCs.

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