In its final payment schedule released on 2 November, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reassigned the payment for peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) procedures performed on above-the-knee (ATK) arteries in the hospital outpatient setting for calendar year 2022. The resulting payment increases for the procedures take effect on 1 January.
Included in the final rule are new Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) assignments for three Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes that describe procedures in iliac, femoral and popliteal arteries when IVL is performed
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