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Billing and Coding: Billing Limitations for Pharmacies

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Billing and Coding: Billing Limitations for Pharmacies
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10/22/2018
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Medicare Part B has limitations on pharmacy billing. There are two “Specialty codes” that may be used by pharmacies, each with limitations.

Specialty 73 is for “Mass Immunization Roster Billers” and Specialty A5 (formerly Specialty 87) is for “Pharmacy”.

Specialty 73 may only bill for influenza or pneumococcal immunizations and their administration codes.

Specialty A5 may only bill for patient supplies of hemophilia factor products. Mass Immunizers must roster bill assigned claims and may only bill for immunizations.

Neither specialty 73 nor A5 may bill for drugs that are administered “incident to” a physician service; these must be billed by the physician. Also, none of these may bill for hepatitis B vaccine since this requires a physician order. Suppliers of oral immunosuppressive drugs, oral anti-cancer drugs, oral anti-nausea drugs and diabetes testing supplies must be enrolled as DME suppliers and submit their bills to the DME MAC.

Beginning October 22, 2018 only these codes will be allowed when billed by these specialties.

  • Specialty 73 - Mass Immunizers
    • Influenza Vaccine
      • 90653-90668, 90630, 90637-90638, 90672-90674, 90682-90689, 90756
      • not all are currently active/available; see annual Change Request (CR).
    • Pneumococcal Vaccine
      • 90670, 90732
    • Vaccine Administration
      • G0008, G0009
    • Specialty A5 - Pharmacy
      • Hemophilia Clotting Factors (J7170, J7180-J7195, J7198-J7212, J7214)
      • Certain other suppliers are also enrolled as Specialty A5 such as Cochlear Implant suppliers.

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07/01/2024 R7

Per Quarterly CPT/HCPCS updates:

The following codes were added to the Group 1 Codes: 90637, 90638

The Article Text was updated to add 90637 and 90638 under the Influenza Vaccine section.

These updates are effective July 1, 2024.

10/01/2023 R6

Updated to indicate this article is not an LCD Reference Article.

10/01/2023 R5

Per Quarterly CPT/HCPCS updates:

The following code was added to the Group 1 Codes: J7214

The Article Text was updated to add J7214 under the Specialty A5 – Pharmacy Hemophilia Clotting Factors section.

01/01/2021 R4

Per 2021 CPT updates, added J7212 to the narrative and to the Group 1 list of CPT codes.

The following CPT codes had description changes in Group 1:

90653, 90655, 90656, 90661, 90662, 90666, 90667, 90672, 90674, 90682, 90685, 90686, 90687, 90688, 90756, J7189.

01/01/2019 R3

Article converted to Billing and Coding. No change is coverage was made.

01/01/2019 R2

Per 2019 CPT Updates, added 96089 and J7170 to the narrative and Group 1 list of CPT Codes effective 01/01/2019. Q9995 is deleted effective 12/31/18 per 2019 CPT Updates.

10/22/2018 R1

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Typographical Error Corrected in Coding: 96053 and 96054 corrected to 90653 and 90654 in CPT Group I Coding.

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Keywords

  • Specialty
  • Pharmacy
  • A5
  • 73
  • Mass Immunization Roster Billers
  • limitations
  • 90630
  • 90653
  • 90654
  • 90655
  • 90656
  • 90657
  • 90658
  • 90660
  • 90661
  • 90662
  • 90664
  • 90666
  • 90667
  • 90668
  • 90670
  • 90672
  • 90673
  • 90674
  • 90682
  • 90685
  • 90686
  • 90687
  • 90688
  • 90689
  • 90732
  • 90756
  • G0008
  • G0009
  • J7170
  • J7180
  • J7181
  • J7182
  • J7183
  • J7185
  • J7186
  • J7187
  • J7188
  • J7189
  • J7190
  • J7191
  • J7192
  • J7193
  • J7194
  • J7195
  • J7198
  • J7199
  • J7200
  • J7201
  • J7202
  • J7205
  • J7212