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CMS Announces Virtual Meetings To Discuss HCPCS Codes

 
• By Brian Bossetta

The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the July schedule for its virtual Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) public meetings.

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• Source: Alamy

Coding and payments for more than three dozen devices are on the agenda for upcoming virtual public meetings hosted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The July meetings, announced in the 15 June Federal Register, will discuss requests for new codes or revisions to...

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