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Billing and Coding: Hospice - Renal Care

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A56545
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Article Title
Billing and Coding: Hospice - Renal Care
Article Type
Billing and Coding
Original Effective Date
05/09/2019
Revision Effective Date
11/14/2019
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CMS National Coverage Policy

CMS Internet-Only Manual, Pub. 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 11, §§30.2, 30.2.2, and 30.3

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The information in this article contains billing, coding or other guidelines that complement the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for Hospice –Renal Care L34559.

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G0299 DIRECT SKILLED NURSING SERVICES OF A REGISTERED NURSE (RN) IN THE HOME HEALTH OR HOSPICE SETTING, EACH 15 MINUTES
G0300 DIRECT SKILLED NURSING SERVICES OF A LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (LPN) IN THE HOME HEALTH OR HOSPICE SETTING, EACH 15 MINUTES
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I12.0 Hypertensive chronic kidney disease with stage 5 chronic kidney disease or end stage renal disease
I13.11 Hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease without heart failure, with stage 5 chronic kidney disease, or end stage renal disease
I13.2 Hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease with heart failure and with stage 5 chronic kidney disease, or end stage renal disease
N17.0 Acute kidney failure with tubular necrosis
N17.1 Acute kidney failure with acute cortical necrosis
N17.2 Acute kidney failure with medullary necrosis
N17.8 Other acute kidney failure
N17.9 Acute kidney failure, unspecified
N18.6 End stage renal disease
N19 Unspecified kidney failure
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Contractors may specify Bill Types to help providers identify those Bill Types typically used to report this service. Absence of a Bill Type does not guarantee that the article does not apply to that Bill Type. Complete absence of all Bill Types indicates that coverage is not influenced by Bill Type and the article should be assumed to apply equally to all claims.

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Revenue Codes

Contractors may specify Revenue Codes to help providers identify those Revenue Codes typically used to report this service. In most instances Revenue Codes are purely advisory. Unless specified in the article, services reported under other Revenue Codes are equally subject to this coverage determination. Complete absence of all Revenue Codes indicates that coverage is not influenced by Revenue Code and the article should be assumed to apply equally to all Revenue Codes.

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Revision History Information

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11/14/2019 R3

This article is being revised in order to adhere to CMS requirements per chapter 13, section 13.5.1 of the Program Integrity Manual, to remove all coding from LCDs and incorporate into related Billing and Coding Articles. CMS Internet-Only Manual, Pub. 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 11, §§30.2, 30.2.2, and 30.3 was removed from the CMS National Coverage Policy section of the related Hospice – Renal Care L34559 LCD and placed in this article.

05/16/2019 R2

The original effective date and the revision effective date is 5/16/2019 not 5/9/2019.

05/09/2019 R1

All coding located in the Coding Information section has been removed from the related Hospice - Renal Care L34559 LCD and added to this article.

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Associated Documents

Medicare BPM Ch 15.50.2 SAD Determinations
Medicare BPM Ch 15.50.2
Related Local Coverage Documents
LCDs
L34559 - Hospice - Renal Care
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Keywords

  • Hospice
  • Renal Care