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August 25, 2006
 CMS Medicare Claims October 2006 Update
A new reimbursement schedule adds two
new codes to the Level II Health Care Service Procedures Coding
System (HCSPCS) used by Medicaid, Medicare, and other third-party
payers: one code will be used for drug and alcohol screening and
another code will be assigned to brief intervention and counseling.
The new codes were added to the HCPCS on June 30, 2006, and will be
available on January 1, 2007, for assignment by insurers in
accordance with their programs and policies.
The short descriptors and administrative fields for the above
codes are as follows:
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