On February 26th, CMS published a One-Time Notification, Transmittal 1630, Change Request 9540.
This change request (CR) is the 6th maintenance update of ICD-10 conversions and other coding updates specific to national coverage determinations (NCDs) with implementation date of July 5, 2016 for all Medicare Contractors
The majority of the NCDs included are a result of feedback received from previous ICD-10 NCD CR7818, CR8109, CR8197, CR8691, CR9087, and CR9252. Some are the result of revisions required to other NCD-related CRs released separately.
Edits to ICD-10 and other coding updates specific to NCDs will be included in subsequent, quarterly releases as needed. No policy-related changes are included with these updates as any policy-related changes to NCDs continue to be implemented via the current, long-standing NCD process
The NCD’s updated per this CR are listed below:
- NCD20.29 – Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- NCD90.1 – Pharmacogenomic Testing for Warfarin Response
- NCD110.18 – Aprepitant for Chemotherapy-Induced Emesis
- NCD150.3 – Bone Mineral Density Studies (See also Medlearn Matters SE 1525 04/12/16)
- NCD160.18 – Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Seizures
- NCD160.24 – Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor
- NCD210.3 – Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
- NCD210.14 – Screening for Lung Cancer with Low-Dose CT
- NCD230.18 – Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Urinary Incontinence
- NCD260.1 – Adult Liver Transplantation
- NCD110.4 – Extracorporeal Photopheresis
- NCD20.33 – Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair
- NCD220.13 – Percutaneous Image-Guided Breast Biopsy
- NCD220.4 – Mammograms
Read the details of this direction here: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Transmittals/2016-Transmittals-Items/R1630OTN.html?DLPage=1&DLEntries=10&DLFilter=R1630Otn&DLSort=1&DLSortDir=ascending
