Billing and Coding: Single Chamber and Dual Chamber Permanent Cardiac Pacemakers - Coding and Billing (A54931) - R9 - Effective October 1, 2019

This coverage article has been revised and published for notice under contract numbers: 02101 (AK), 02201 (ID), 02301 (OR), 02401 (WA), 03101 (AZ), 03201 (MT), 03301 (ND), 03401 (SD), 03501 (UT), and 03601 (WY).

Effective Date: October 1, 2019

Summary of Article Changes:

Under Article Text, I48.1 was replaced with I48.11 and I48.19 within the "Contractor (Additional) Diagnosis Codes (ICD-10) Allowed by the NCD - Group II (Attest with Modifier - KX)" section. This update is effective 10/01/2019.

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Last Updated Sep 21 , 2023