out of the basement / radiation medicine

The Code Bundling Conundrum: A Medicare Misadventure (starring 77301, ASTRO, AMAC, public record emails, conspiracy theories, and copy/paste)

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In this episode, we unravel the intriguing story of a 2015 correspondence that pulls back the curtain of medical billing. Prepare to be riveted about everyone's favorite topic: CPT code bundling. How and why does the government consider "CT Simulation" (77280-77290) a part of "IMRT Treatment Planning" (77301)? Was it always like this? Does everyone agree and is everyone happy?

Just kidding - we all know no one is happy. Crucial to this episode are the following two PDF files on the government's website:

Email Letter to CMS:

https://downloads.regulations.gov/CMS-2015-0075-0285/attachment_1.pdf

Email Attachment to CMS:

https://downloads.regulations.gov/CMS-2015-0075-0285/attachment_2.pdf

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out of the basement / radiation medicineBy Jason Beckta, MD, PhD
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