What didn't make the list?
What didn't make the list?
In its proposed rule for reimbursement of surgery centers, the Health Care Financing Administra tion declined to add some procedures that had been suggested by members of the same-day surgery community. Those include:
o certain skin lesion removal procedures, CPT 11403, 11423, 11443, 11603, 11623, 11643, 30000, 30020, 40810, and 41130;
o tongue, mouth, and neck surgery services, CPT code 41153;
o urine voiding pressure studies, CPT 51795;
o revision of penis procedures, CPT 54430;
o hysterectomy via laparoscopy procedure, CPT 56308;
o laparoscopic cholecystectomy, CPT 56340, 56341, and 56342;
o injections for nerve block, CPT 64402, 64413, and 64425;
o certain ear procedures, CPT 69540 and 69610.
Where to go for more details
For a copy of the June 12, 1998, Federal Register, send your request to: New Orders, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. Specify the date of the issue requested and enclose a check or money order for $8, payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or enclose your Visa or Master Card number and expiration date. Telephone: (202) 512-1800. Fax: (202) 512-2250. The document also is available at many libraries or through an on-line database through GPO Access, a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office. Internet users may access the database by using the World Wide Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/.
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) will accept comments on the proposed rule through 5 p.m. Aug. 11. HCFA requests that participants mail one original written comment and three copies to HCFA, Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: HCFA-1885-P, P.O. Box 26688, Baltimore, MD 21207-5178. Or deliver comments to the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 309, 200 Independence Ave. SW, Washing ton, DC 20201, or Room C5-09-26, 7500 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. For details, contact: Joan H. Sanow at (410) 786-5723.
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