15
Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters (October 2020) This index contains key words and phrases cited in current and previous issues of the “Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter." It includes a direct link to the newsletter and the month and year it was released by the Medicare Learning Network®. ______________________________________________________________________ A ABLATION, Apr-2014, Jan-2017, July- 2012, Oct-2016 ACCREDITATION, Apr-2014 ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, Apr- 2014, Jan-2016, July-2015, July- 2019, Oct-2012 ACUTE BLOOD LOSS ANEMIA, July- 2011, Oct-2012 ACUTE BLOOD LOSS CODE, July- 2011 ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL, Apr-2011, Jan-2013, Jan-2016, July-2013 ACUTE INPATIENT, Apr-2012Apr- 2013, Jan-2012, July-2012, July- 2017, Oct-2011Oct-2013 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, Jan-2014, July-2011July-2012, July-2014, July-2016, Oct-2012Oct-2014 ACUTE POST HEMORRHAGIC ANEMIA, July-2011 ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM, Oct-2012 ACUTE RESPIRATORY, July-2011July-2012 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION REQUEST (ADR), Jan-2017, Oct- 2010 ADD-ON CODE, Apr-2019, Apr-2014Apr-2015, Jan-2015, Jan-2018, July-2013 ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING (AGB), July-2014 ADMITTING PHYSICIAN, Apr-2013, July-2011, July-2013 ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC, Apr-2014 ADVANCE DIRECTIVE, Jan-2018 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (ALS), Apr-2016 AFFILIATED CONTRACTOR, Oct-2010 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, Jan-2016, July-2013, July-2016 AIR AMBULANCE, Jan-2012 ALCOHOL, Apr-2014, July-2013, Oct- 2011 ALCOHOL/DRUG ABUSE, Oct-2011 ALLERGY, Oct-2013 AMBULANCE, Apr-2011Apr-2014, Apr-2016Apr-2017, Feb-2011Jan-2014, July-2011July-2014, Oct-2011Oct-2013, Oct-2019 Air Ambulance, Jan-2012 AMBULANCE FEE SCHEDULE, Apr- 2016Apr-2017, Oct-2019 AMPUTATION, July-2012, July-2014, July-2016, Oct-2015 ANEMIA, Apr-2012Apr-2013, Jan- 2013, Jan-2018, July-2011July- 2013, Oct-2011Oct-2013, Oct- 2020 ANESTHESIA, Apr-2013, Jan-2013Jan-2015, Jan-2017, July-2011, July-2013, Oct-2011Oct-2012, Oct-2016Oct-2017 ANESTHETIST, Jan-2014 ANEURYSM, Apr-2013, Jan-2012, July- 2011, Oct-2012, Oct-2015 ANGINA, July-2016, Oct-2011Oct- 2012 ANGIOGRAPHY, Jan-2017, Oct-2012 ANGIOPLASTY, July-2011, Oct-2011Oct-2012, Oct-2014, Oct-2016 ANNUAL WELLNESS, Jan-2014, Jan- 2018 ANTICOAGULANT, Oct-2012 AORTIC, Apr-2012, Apr-2015, Jan- 2012, July-2011, July-2014, Oct- 2012, Oct-2015 AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT, Apr- 2015 AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT (AVR), Apr-2015 APPROPRIATENESS, Apr-2012Apr- 2013, Jan-2012, Jan-2017, July- 2012, Oct-2012 ARTERIAL EMBOLISM, July-2011 ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA, Jan-2015

Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

  • Upload
    others

  • View
    3

  • Download
    0

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

Page 1: Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters (October 2020)

This index contains key words and phrases cited in current and previous issues of the “Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter." It includes a direct link to the newsletter and the month and year it was released by the Medicare Learning Network®. ______________________________________________________________________

A ABLATION, Apr-2014, Jan-2017, July-

2012, Oct-2016 ACCREDITATION, Apr-2014 ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, Apr-

2014, Jan-2016, July-2015, July-2019, Oct-2012

ACUTE BLOOD LOSS ANEMIA, July-2011, Oct-2012

ACUTE BLOOD LOSS CODE, July-2011

ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL, Apr-2011, Jan-2013, Jan-2016, July-2013

ACUTE INPATIENT, Apr-2012–Apr-2013, Jan-2012, July-2012, July-2017, Oct-2011–Oct-2013

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, Jan-2014, July-2011–July-2012, July-2014, July-2016, Oct-2012–Oct-2014

ACUTE POST HEMORRHAGIC ANEMIA, July-2011

ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM, Oct-2012

ACUTE RESPIRATORY, July-2011–July-2012

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION REQUEST (ADR), Jan-2017, Oct-2010

ADD-ON CODE, Apr-2019, Apr-2014–Apr-2015, Jan-2015, Jan-2018, July-2013

ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING (AGB), July-2014

ADMITTING PHYSICIAN, Apr-2013, July-2011, July-2013

ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC, Apr-2014 ADVANCE DIRECTIVE, Jan-2018 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (ALS),

Apr-2016 AFFILIATED CONTRACTOR, Oct-2010 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, Jan-2016,

July-2013, July-2016 AIR AMBULANCE, Jan-2012

ALCOHOL, Apr-2014, July-2013, Oct-2011

ALCOHOL/DRUG ABUSE, Oct-2011 ALLERGY, Oct-2013 AMBULANCE, Apr-2011–Apr-2014,

Apr-2016–Apr-2017, Feb-2011–Jan-2014, July-2011–July-2014, Oct-2011–Oct-2013, Oct-2019

Air Ambulance, Jan-2012 AMBULANCE FEE SCHEDULE, Apr-

2016–Apr-2017, Oct-2019 AMPUTATION, July-2012, July-2014,

July-2016, Oct-2015 ANEMIA, Apr-2012–Apr-2013, Jan-

2013, Jan-2018, July-2011–July-2013, Oct-2011–Oct-2013, Oct-2020

ANESTHESIA, Apr-2013, Jan-2013–Jan-2015, Jan-2017, July-2011, July-2013, Oct-2011–Oct-2012, Oct-2016–Oct-2017

ANESTHETIST, Jan-2014 ANEURYSM, Apr-2013, Jan-2012, July-

2011, Oct-2012, Oct-2015 ANGINA, July-2016, Oct-2011–Oct-

2012 ANGIOGRAPHY, Jan-2017, Oct-2012 ANGIOPLASTY, July-2011, Oct-2011–

Oct-2012, Oct-2014, Oct-2016 ANNUAL WELLNESS, Jan-2014, Jan-

2018 ANTICOAGULANT, Oct-2012 AORTIC, Apr-2012, Apr-2015, Jan-

2012, July-2011, July-2014, Oct-2012, Oct-2015

AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT, Apr-2015

AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT (AVR), Apr-2015

APPROPRIATENESS, Apr-2012–Apr-2013, Jan-2012, Jan-2017, July-2012, Oct-2012

ARTERIAL EMBOLISM, July-2011 ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA, Jan-2015

Page 2: Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

ASSISTED LIVING, Apr-2012 ASYSTOLE, July-2011 ATHEROSCLEROSIS, July-2011, Oct-

2012 ATTENDING PHYSICIAN, Apr-2011–

Apr-2013, Feb-2011–Jan-2013, July-2011–July-2012, July-2014, Oct-2010–Oct-2014

ATTESTATION, Apr-2014–Apr-2016, Jan-2014–Jan-2017, Jan-2019, July-2014–July-2016, Oct-2014–Oct-2017

AUDIOLOGIST, Oct-2014 AUTHENTICATED MEDICAL

RECORD, July-2012 AVASTIN, Apr-2016 Av FISTULA, Jan-2015 AV GRAFT, Jan-2015 B BARIATRIC, July-2014 BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS), Apr-

2017 BENEFIT PERIOD, Apr-2017 BEVACIZUMAB, Apr-2016, July-2013,

July-2015 BILEVEL POSITIVE AIRWAY

PRESSURE (BIPAP), July-2011 BI-LEVEL POSITIVE AIRWAY

PRESSURE DEVICE, July-2014 BILLED UNIT, Apr-2011, Feb-2011,

Jan-2014 BILLING ERROR, Apr-2018–Oct-2020 BIOPSY, Apr-2013, Apr-2016, Jan-

2012, July-2017, Oct-2012–Oct-2013

BLEPHAROPLASTY, Oct-2016 BLOOD GLUCOSE, Apr-2014, July-

2013, July-2018 BLOOD LOSS, Apr-2012–Apr-2013,

July-2011, Oct-2012 BLOOD PRESSURE, Apr-2012–Apr-

2013, Jan-2012–Jan-2014, July-2011–July-2012, July-2016, Oct-2012, Oct-2015

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (BNP), July-2012, July-2014

BRONCHITIS, Jan-2016, July-2015, Oct-2012

BUDESONIDE, Feb-2011, July-2013

BUNDLED PAYMENT, Apr-2011, Apr-2017

BURN, Feb-2011, Jan-2017, July-2011 C CANCER, Apr-2011–Apr-2013, Apr-

2015–Apr-2016, July-2012–July-2013, July-2015–July-2016, July-2019, Oct-2011–Oct-2012, Oct-2014–Oct-2016, Oct-2020

Breast cancer, Apr-2015, Oct-2012, Oct-2020

Cancer screening, Apr-2016, Oct-2015 Colorectal cancer, Apr-2011, Apr-2016 Lung cancer, Apr-2013, Oct-2012 CAP, CAPPED RENTAL, Apr-2011,

July-2011 CAP, CAPPED RENTAL DME, Apr-

2011, July-2011 CAPITATION, Apr-2015, Jan-2014, Jan-

2016, Oct-2014 CARDIAC, Apr-2012–Apr-2013, Apr-

2015, Jan-2012–Jan-2013, Jan-2015–Jan-2016, July-2011–July-2012, July-2014, July-2016, Oct-2010–Oct-2014, Oct-2020

CARDIAC ARREST, July-2011–July-2012, Oct-2020

CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA, July-2012, Oct-2011

CARDIAC DEVICE, Jan-2015, July-2014

CARDIAC DISEASE, Apr-2013, Oct-2014

CARDIAC PROCEDURE, Oct-2012 CARDIOVASCULAR NUCLEAR

MEDICINE, Apr-2015, Jan-2016 CAREGIVER, Apr-2014, Jan-2016, July-

2012, Oct-2020 CARE PLAN, Apr-2014, Jan-2018, Oct-

2015 CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS, July-

2014 CASE MIX, Apr-2011 CATARACT, Apr-2013, Jan-2013, July-

2013, July-2018 CATHETER, Apr-2012–Apr-2015, Jan-

2012–Jan-2013, Jan-2015, July-2011–July-2013, July-2015–July-2017, July-2020, Oct-2012, Oct-2014, Oct-2016–Oct-2017

Page 3: Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

CELLULITIS, Feb-2011, July-2019, Oct-2011

CEREBROVASCULAR, Apr-2012–Apr-2014, July-2011–July-2012, Oct-2011

CERTIFICATE OF MEDICAL NECESSITY, Jan-2015–Jan-2016, Oct-2015

CERTIFICATE OF MEDICAL NECESSITY (CMN), Jan-2015–Jan-2016

CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST (CRNA), Jan-2014

CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC, Apr-2011, Feb-2011

CHF, Apr-2014, July-2011–July-2014, Oct-2011

CHIROPRACTIC, Apr-2013, July-2019 CHOLECYSTECTOMY, Apr-2012, July-

2012 CHOLELITHIASIS, Apr-2012 CHRONIC ANEMIA, Apr-2012, July-

2011 CHRONIC HISTORY, July-2012 CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, Jan-

2013, July-2012, Oct-2011–Oct-2012

CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITION, Jan-2013

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD), Apr-2013, Jan-2012, July-2011–July-2013, Oct-2011–Oct-2012

CHRONIC SUBLUXATION, Apr-2013, July-2019

CLAIMS REVIEW, Apr-2011, Apr-2013, Jan-2013, Jan-2017, July-2013, July-2015, Oct-2013

CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORIES, Oct-2015

CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY, July-2013, Oct-2015

CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST, Apr-2013, Apr-2016, Jan-2016, July-2016, July-2018, Oct-2013–Oct-2014, Oct-2018

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER, Oct-2011

CLINICAL TRIAL, Apr-2011, Oct-2010, Oct-2013–Oct-2014

CMHC, July-2015 COAGULATION DISORDER, Apr-2011 CODE 86.22, July-2011–July-2012, Oct-

2011 CODE 96.72, Oct-2011 CODE 285.1, Apr-2012, July-2011 CODE 410.71, Oct-2012 CODE 414.01, Oct-2012 CODE 427.5, July-2011 CODE 518.4, Oct-2011–Oct-2012 CODE 518.5, Oct-2011–Oct-2012 CODE 518.81, July-2011 CODE 569.5, Apr-2012 CODE 583.81, July-2012 CODE 799.02, July-2011 CODE 36522, Jan-2015 Code B4, Oct-2015 CODE V54.19, Jan-2013 CODE V54.29, Jan-2013 CODE V56.0, July-2012 COLONOSCOPY, Apr-2012, Apr-2016,

Jan-2013 COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH

CENTER, July-2015 COMORBIDITIES, Apr-2018, Apr-2012–

Apr-2013, Jan-2012–Jan-2013, Jan-2015, Jan-2017, July-2012, July-2014, Oct-2010–Oct-2012

COMORBIDITY, Apr-2012–Apr-2013, Jan-2012–Jan-2013, July-2011–July-2012, July-2014, Oct-2011–Oct-2012

COMPLAINT, Apr-2012–Apr-2014, Apr-2016, Jan-2013, July-2011–July-2012, Oct-2012–Oct-2013, Oct-2015

COMPLEX MEDICAL REVIEW, Apr-2015, Jan-2016–Jan-2018, July-2015, Oct-2016

COMPREHENSIVE ERROR RATE TESTING (CERT), Apr-2018–Apr-2020, Jan-2013–Jan-2020, July-2012–July-2020, Oct-2012–Oct-2020

COMPREHENSIVE INPATIENT REHABILITATION FACILITY, July-2015

COMPREHENSIVE OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION FACILITY, Apr-2019–Apr-2011

Page 4: Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

COMPRESSION FRACTURE, Jan-2013, July-2014, Oct-2013

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT), Apr-2012, Apr-2014–Apr-2015, Jan-2017, July-2014, Oct-2011

CONDUCTION DISORDER, July-2012, Oct-2011

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF), Apr-2014, July-2011–July-2014, Oct-2011

CONSOLIDATED BILLING, Apr-2012, Apr-2017, July-2020, Oct-2011, Oct-2013–Oct-2014, Oct-2019

CONSULTATION CODE, Apr-2012, Jan-2014, Oct-2013

COPD EXACERBATION, Jan-2012, July-2011

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT (CABG), Oct-2011–Oct-2012, Oct-2014

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, Apr-2013–Apr-2014, Jan-2014–Jan-2015, July-2011–July-2012, July-2014, Oct-2011–Oct-2013

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD), Apr-2013–Apr-2014, Jan-2014, July-2011–July-2012, Oct-2011–Oct-2013

CORONARY BYPASS, Oct-2011–Oct-2012

CORRECT BILLING OF SERVICE UNIT, Oct-2010

CORRECT CODING MODIFIER INDICATOR (CCMI), Jan-2018

CORRECT REPORTING OF UNITS FOR DRUG, Jan-2014

CO-SURGEON, July-2013, Oct-2015 CO-SURGERY, Apr-2015, July-2013 COUDÉ TIP CATHETER, July-2015 COUMADIN, Apr-2011, July-2012, Oct-

2012 COVERAGE WITH EVIDENCE

DEVELOPMENT, Apr-2015 C-peptide, Oct-2013 CPT 66830, July-2013 CPT 66840, July-2013 CPT 66850, July-2013 CPT 66852, July-2013 CPT 66920, July-2013 CPT 66930, July-2013 CPT 66940, July-2013

CPT 90951, Oct-2014 CPT 90952, Oct-2014 CPT 90953, Oct-2014 CPT 90954, Oct-2014 CPT 90955, Oct-2014 CPT 90956, Oct-2014 CPT 90957, Oct-2014 CPT 90958, Oct-2014 CPT 90959, Oct-2014 CPT 90960, Oct-2014 CPT 90961, Oct-2014 CPT 90962, Oct-2014 CPT 90963, Oct-2014 CPT 90964, Oct-2014 CPT 90965, Oct-2014 CPT 90966, Oct-2014 CPT 90967, Oct-2014 CPT 90968, Oct-2014 CPT 90969, Oct-2014 CPT 90970, Oct-2014 CPT 99211, July-2013 CPT 99212, July-2013 CPT 99213, July-2013 CPT A4256, July-2013 CPT A4258, July-2013 CPT CODE 27236, Jan-2013 CPT CODE 90801, Oct-2011 CPT Code 99231, Jan-2013 CPT CODE 99291, July-2013, Oct-

2011, Oct-2020 CPT CODE A4259, July-2013 CRANIAL, Apr-2012–Apr-2013, Jan-

2013, July-2011–July-2012 CREATININE, Apr-2013, Jan-2013,

July-2011–July-2012 Cyclosporine, Oct-2013 CYSTOSCOPY, Jan-2015, July-2012,

July-2015 D DAPTOMYCIN, Oct-2013 DEBRIDEMENT, Feb-2011–Jan-2012,

July-2011–July-2012, July-2016, July-2018–July-2019, Oct-2011, Oct-2017, Oct-2020

DEBT COLLECTION SYSTEM (DCS), Oct-2012

DECUBITUS ULCER, July-2012, Oct-2011

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (DVT), July-2012

Page 5: Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

DEFIBRILLATOR, Jan-2015, July-2016, Oct-2014

DEHYDRATION, Apr-2012, Feb-2011, July-2012, Oct-2011, Oct-2013

DEMENTIA, Apr-2012, July-2013, Oct-2011

DEMONSTRATION, Apr-2011–Apr-2013, Jan-2012–Jan-2013, Jan-2015, July-2012, Oct-2010

DENTIST, July-2016 DEPRESSION, Apr-2014, July-2018,

Oct-2014 DETERMINING MEDICAL

NECESSITY, Apr-2012, Jan-2012, Jan-2017

DIABETES, Apr-2013–Apr-2014, Jan-2015, July-2011–July-2012, July-2014, July-2016, July-2018–July-2020, Oct-2011–Oct-2013, Oct-2018

DIAGNOSIS CODE 280.0, Apr-2012 DIAGNOSIS CODE 285.1, Apr-2012 DIAGNOSIS CODE 327.23, July-2014 DIAGNOSIS CODE 427.9, Oct-2011 DIAGNOSIS CODE 434.91, Oct-2011 DIAGNOSIS CODE 507.0, July-2012 DIAGNOSIS CODE 518.4, Oct-2011 DIAGNOSIS CODE 599.0, Apr-2012 DIAGNOSIS CODE 682.7, Oct-2011 DIAGNOSIS CODE 780.39, Oct-2011 DIAGNOSIS CODE 996.64, Apr-2012 DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, Apr-2014,

Oct-2014, Oct-2017 DIALYSIS, Apr-2015, Apr-2017, Jan-

2013–Jan-2016, July-2011–July-2013, Oct-2013–Oct-2014, Oct-2016, Oct-2019

DIALYSIS CATHETER CARE, July-2012

DIALYSIS CENTER, Apr-2017, Oct-2014

DIALYSIS FACILITY, Apr-2017, Oct-2013

DIGESTIVE DISORDER, Apr-2013, July-2012

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, July-2012 DISABILITY, Apr-2014, July-2014–July-

2015, Oct-2013 DISCARDED DRUG, Oct-2010 DISCARDED DRUGS and

BIOLOGICALS, Oct-2010

DISCHARGE PLANNING, Apr-2012, July-2011, Oct-2011

DISORDER OF INTESTINE, Apr-2012 DISTINCT PART UNIT (DPU), Oct-2013 DISTINCT PROCEDURAL SERVICE,

Jan-2018 DMEPOS COMPETITIVE BIDDING

PROGRAM, Oct-2011 DMEPOS FEE SCHEDULE, July-2011 DOCUMENTATION FOR ESRD

SERVICES, Apr-2015 DOCUMENTATION FOR TAVR

SERVICES, Apr-2015 DRG 006, July-2011 DRG 120, July-2012 DRG 182, Apr-2013 DRG 191, Apr-2013 DRG 252, July-2011 DRG 254, Jan-2015, July-2011 DRG 261, July-2014 DRG 296, July-2012 DRG 393, July-2012 DRG 405, Apr-2013 DRG 406, Apr-2013 DRG 407, Apr-2013 DRG 479, July-2011 DRG 581, Oct-2011–Oct-2012 DRG 640, July-2012, Oct-2011, Oct-

2013 DRG 857, July-2014 DRG 907, Jan-2013 DRG 908, Jan-2013 DRG 909, Jan-2013 DRG 948, Apr-2011, Apr-2013 DRUG 8-METHOXYPSORALEN, Jan-

2015 DUODENITIS, Oct-2012 DUPLICATE CLAIM, Apr-2011, Jan-

2015, July-2013, Oct-2010, Oct-2012, Oct-2015

DUPLICATE PROFESSIONAL CLAIM, Oct-2015

DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (DME), Apr-2018–Apr-2011, Apr-2014, Apr-2016, Apr-2020–Jan-2012, Jan-2016, Jan-2019–July-2011, July-2013–July-2015, July-2018–July-2020, Oct-2011–Oct-2013, Oct-2017–Oct-2018, Oct-2020

DYSARTHRIA, July-2011

Page 6: Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

DYSPHAGIA, July-2012, Oct-2012 E E0184, Apr-2016 E0186, Apr-2016 E0187, Apr-2016 E0196, Apr-2016 E0250, Apr-2016 E0255, Apr-2016 E0260, Apr-2016 E0265, Apr-2016 E0277, Apr-2014, Apr-2016 E0290, Apr-2016 E0292, Apr-2016 E0294, Apr-2016 E0296, Apr-2016 E0303, Apr-2016 E0373, Apr-2016 ECHOCARDIOGRAM, Apr-2015, Jan-

2013, July-2011, July-2016 EDEMA, Apr-2012, July-2011–July-

2012, July-2014, Oct-2011–Oct-2012, Oct-2016, Oct-2020

ELECTION PERIOD, Feb-2011 ELECTIVE OUTPATIENT, July-2012 ELECTRICAL OSTEOGENIC

STIMULATOR, Jan-2015 ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD, Apr-

2014 EMBOLIC HEMORRHAGIC, July-2011 EMERGENCY ROOM, Apr-2012–Apr-

2013, Jan-2014, Jan-2016, Jan-2018, July-2011–July-2012, Oct-2011–Oct-2013, Oct-2020

EMERGENT, Apr-2016, Jan-2013, July-2011

EMPHYSEMA, Apr-2013, Oct-2012 ENDOCRINE, Apr-2013, July-2012 ENDOVASCULAR, Apr-2012 ENDOVENOUS ABLATION, Apr-2014,

Oct-2016 EPISODE OF CARE, Jan-2013, Oct-

2012 ESOPHAGEAL, Jan-2013 ESOPHAGITIS, Apr-2013, July-2012,

Oct-2012 ESRD, Apr-2015, Apr-2017, Jan-2014–

Jan-2016, July-2011–July-2012, Oct-2013–Oct-2014

ESRD FACILITY, Apr-2017, Oct-2013

EVALUATION and MANAGEMENT, Apr-2018, Apr-2012–Apr-2014, Apr-2016, Apr-2020–Feb-2011, Jan-2013–Jan-2014, Jan-2016, Jan-2019, July-2013, July-2015, July-2019, Oct-2013–Oct-2015, Oct-2020

EXCISIONAL, Feb-2011–Jan-2012, July-2011–July-2012, July-2019, Oct-2011

EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT, Feb-2011–Jan-2012, July-2011–July-2012, July-2019, Oct-2011

EXCISION OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC, Jan-2013

EXPENDITURE, Oct-2010 EXTENDED CARE SERVICE, July-

2017–July-2018, Oct-2014 EXTRACORPOREAL

PHOTOPHERESIS, Jan-2015 F FACET JOINT INJECTION, Jan-2015,

Jan-2017 FIRST-LOOK ANALYSIS TOOL FOR

HOSPITAL OUTLIER MONITORING (FATHOM), Apr-2013

FLEXOR TENDON, July-2012 FLUOROSCOPY, Jan-2015, Jan-2017,

July-2014 FLU VACCINE, Oct-2012 FRAUD, Jan-2014 FREQUENCY LIMITATION, Oct-2015 G GASTROENTERITIS, Apr-2013, July-

2011–July-2012, Oct-2013 GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX

DISEASE (GERD), Apr-2012–Apr-2013

GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) DISORDER, July-2012

GI DISORDER, July-2012 GLAUCOMA, July-2014, Oct-2014 GLOBAL SURGICAL PACKAGE

(GSP), Feb-2011 GLUCOSE, Apr-2014, Jan-2013, July-

2013, July-2018, Oct-2013 GRAFT, Apr-2014, Feb-2011, Jan-2015,

July-2011–July-2014, July-2019,

Page 7: Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

Oct-2011–Oct-2012, Oct-2014, Oct-2016

GROUP HEALTH PLAN, July-2016 H HCPCS 99204, Jan-2014 HCPCS 99215, Jan-2014 HCPCS 99232, Jan-2014 HCPCS A4352, July-2015 HCPCS CODE G0438, Jan-2014 HCPCS CODE J3487, Jan-2014 HCPCS CODE J9035, July-2013 HCPCS CODE J9310, July-2013 HCPCS CODE Q2051, Jan-2014 HCPCS G0447, July-2014 HEART DISEASE, July-2011–July-

2012, July-2014, July-2016, Oct-2011, Oct-2014

HEART FAILURE, Apr-2014, July-2011–July-2014, July-2016, Oct-2010–Oct-2011, Oct-2014

HEART TRANSPLANT, Jan-2015, July-2013

HEMATOCRIT, Apr-2012–Apr-2013, Jan-2013, Oct-2013

HEMIPARESIS, Apr-2013, July-2011 HEMODIALYSIS, Apr-2015, Jan-2014–

Jan-2015, Oct-2013, Oct-2016 HEMOGLOBIN, Apr-2012–Apr-2013,

Jan-2013, July-2011, Oct-2013 HEMORRHAGE, Apr-2013, July-2011–

July-2012, July-2014 HEPATITIS, Oct-2012, Oct-2015 HERNIA, Apr-2013, Jan-2013, Jan-

2016, July-2012–July-2013 HIGH-RISK MEDICAL NECESSITY,

Apr-2011, Jan-2012 HIP FRACTURE, July-2011, Oct-2012 HIV, Apr-2011, July-2016, Oct-2011–

Oct-2012 HOMEBOUND, July-2013, July-2015 HOME HEALTH AGENCY, Apr-2012–

Apr-2013, Apr-2015, Jan-2013, July-2012–July-2013, July-2015, Oct-2012–Oct-2013

HOME HEALTH CARE, Apr-2014, July-2013, Oct-2016

HOME HEALTH CERTIFICATION, July-2013

HOSPICE, Apr-2011, Feb-2011, Jan-2013, Jan-2015, July-2012

HOSPITAL DISCHARGE, Apr-2012–Apr-2013, Apr-2015, Apr-2020, Jan-2013, Jan-2016, Jan-2018, July-2011–July-2012, July-2014, Oct-2011–Oct-2014

HOSPITAL INSURANCE, Apr-2012–Apr-2013, Jan-2013, Jan-2017, Oct-2014

HOSPITAL OBSERVATION, Apr-2012–Apr-2013, Jan-2019, July-2015

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, Apr-2011, July-2016, Oct-2011

HYDRATION, Jan-2015, July-2012, July-2015, Oct-2012

HYDRATION THERAPY, July-2015 HYPERCARBIA, July-2011 HYPERTENSION, Apr-2012–Apr-2013,

Jan-2012–Jan-2013, Jan-2015, July-2011–July-2012, July-2014, July-2016, Oct-2011–Oct-2014

HYPERTENSION (HTN), Apr-2013, Oct-2011

HYPOTHYROIDISM, Jan-2013, Jan-2015, July-2011–July-2012, Oct-2012

HYPOXEMIA, Jan-2016, July-2011, Oct-2012

I IMMUNIZATION, Apr-2016, July-2015 IMMUNOASSAY, July-2013 IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUG, Jan-

2015, Oct-2013 INCIDENTAL, Apr-2013, Jan-2016 INDEPENDENT DIAGNOSTIC

TESTING, Apr-2016 INDEPENDENT LABORATORY, Apr-

2015, Apr-2017 INEXPENSIVE/ROUTINELY

PURCHASED DME, July-2011 INFLUENZA, Oct-2012 INFUSION, Apr-2019, Apr-2016, Feb-

2011, Jan-2015, July-2013, Oct-2017

INFUSION PUMP, July-2013 INFUSION TECHNIQUE, Apr-2016,

Feb-2011, Jan-2015 INHALATION DRUG, July-2013 INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE, Oct-2012 INJECTABLE, Oct-2010

Page 8: Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

INPATIENT CARE, Apr-2011–Apr-2013, Apr-2015, Apr-2020, Jan-2012–Jan-2016, Jan-2019, July-2012, July-2017, Oct-2010, Oct-2012, Oct-2014

INPATIENT DEATH, July-2011 INPATIENT HOSPICE, July-2012 INPATIENT HOSPITAL

CONSULTATION, Apr-2012 INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICE, Apr-

2012–Apr-2013, Feb-2011–Jan-2013, July-2012, Oct-2010, Oct-2012, Oct-2015

INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY, Jan-2012, Jan-2016, July-2013, July-2015

INPATIENT REHABILITATION FACILITY, Apr-2011, Apr-2015, Jan-2012, July-2015, Oct-2014, Oct-2016

INPATIENT STATUS, Apr-2012–Apr-2013, Jan-2012–Jan-2013, July-2012, Oct-2012

INPATIENT STAY, Apr-2018, Apr-2011, Apr-2014, Apr-2017, Jan-2012–Jan-2013, Jan-2019, July-2011, July-2013, Oct-2011–Oct-2012, Oct-2016, Oct-2018

INSUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION, Apr-2018–Apr-2019, Apr-2013–Apr-2020, Jan-2012, Jan-2014–July-2019, Oct-2010–Oct-2018

INSURER, Oct-2013 INTERNAL CONTROL, July-2016 INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION

OF DISEASE, Apr-2011–Apr-2016, Feb-2011–Jan-2016, July-2011–July-2015, Oct-2010–Oct-2015

INTERNIST, Apr-2016 INTESTINE, Apr-2012, Apr-2016, July-

2014 INTRACRANIAL, Apr-2012, July-2011 INTRAVENOUS INFUSION, Feb-2011,

Jan-2015 INVASIVE, Apr-2018, Apr-2012–Apr-

2013, Jan-2015, July-2014, Oct-2011–Oct-2013, Oct-2016

INVESTIGATIONAL DEVICE EXEMPTION (IDE), Oct-2014

J

J0152, Jan-2014 J3487, Jan-2014 J5707, Oct-2013 J7502, Oct-2013 J7517, Oct-2013 J9035, Apr-2016, July-2013, July-2015 JOINT REPLACEMENT, Jan-2013, Oct-

2012 JOINT SURFACE, Apr-2013 K KIDNEY TRANSPLANT, Oct-2013 KNEE ORTHOSIS, Apr-2020 KNEE REPLACEMENT, Jan-2014,

July-2011, July-2013–July-2014, Oct-2012

KYPHOPLASTY, Jan-2013, July-2014 L LABORATORY TEST, Apr-2015 LATE EPISODE TIMING, Apr-2015 LCD, Apr-2013–Apr-2015, Apr-2017–

Jan-2012, Jan-2014–Jan-2017, Jan-2020, July-2012–July-2016, July-2018–July-2020, Oct-2012–Oct-2018, Oct-2020

LEUKEMIA, Apr-2013, Jan-2017, Oct-2011, Oct-2013

LISINOPRIL, Apr-2012, July-2012 LITHOTRIPSY, Jan-2015, July-2012,

July-2015 LIVER, Apr-2013–Apr-2014, Oct-2012–

Oct-2014 LIVING WILL, Jan-2018 LOCAL COVERAGE

DETERMINATION, Apr-2014, Apr-2016, Apr-2020–Jan-2012, Jan-2015–Jan-2017, Jan-2020, July-2012–July-2016, July-2019–July-2020, Oct-2011, Oct-2013, Oct-2015–Oct-2016, Oct-2018

LOWER EXTREMITY, Apr-2012, Apr-2014, Jan-2012–Jan-2013, July-2011–July-2012, July-2016, July-2020, Oct-2011–Oct-2012, Oct-2015–Oct-2017, Oct-2020

LOWER LIMB, Apr-2020, Jan-2012, July-2011, Oct-2015, Oct-2017

LTCH, Apr-2015, Jan-2012, Jan-2017, July-2013, Oct-2016

Page 9: Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

LUMBAR, Apr-2012, Apr-2014, Jan-2013, Jan-2015, Jan-2017, Jan-2020, July-2014–July-2015, July-2019, Oct-2012

LYMPHOMA, Jan-2015, Jan-2017, Oct-2011, Oct-2013

M MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING,

Apr-2012, Apr-2015, Jan-2014, Oct-2011, Oct-2017

MALNUTRITION, Oct-2011–Oct-2012 MAMMOGRAM, Oct-2012 MATTRESS, Apr-2014, Apr-2016, July-

2012 MCC, Apr-2011–Apr-2013, Feb-2011–

Jan-2013, Jan-2015, July-2011–July-2012, July-2014, Oct-2010–Oct-2013

MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION, Apr-2011–Apr-2016, Feb-2011–Jan-2017, July-2011–July-2013, July-2015, Oct-2010–Oct-2014, Oct-2016–Oct-2017

MEDICAL HISTORY, Apr-2012–Apr-2014, Jan-2012–Jan-2013, Jan-2017, July-2011–July-2012, July-2014, July-2016, Oct-2011–Oct-2012, Oct-2014–Oct-2015

MEDICAL REVIEW, Apr-2011, Apr-2014–Apr-2016, Jan-2012, Jan-2014, Jan-2016–Jan-2018, July-2012, July-2015, July-2017, Oct-2010–Oct-2012, Oct-2014, Oct-2016

MEDICARE CODE EDITOR (MCE), Jan-2017

MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE DATABASE (MPFSDB), July-2015, Oct-2011

MEDICARE SEVERITY DIAGNOSIS, Apr-2012–Apr-2013, Feb-2011–Jan-2013, Jan-2017, July-2011, July-2013, Oct-2011

MEDICARE TRUST FUND, Oct-2010 METABOLIC DISORDER, July-2012,

Oct-2011 METASTASIS, Apr-2013, Oct-2012–

Oct-2013 METOPROLOL, July-2012 MIDNIGHT RULE, Jan-2015, Jan-2017

MOBILITY-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, Jan-2016, Oct-2012

MODALITY, July-2020 MODIFIER 24, Jan-2014 MODIFIER 25, Jan-2018, July-2013,

July-2015, Oct-2013 MODIFIER 57, July-2015 MODIFIER 59, Feb-2011, Jan-2015,

Jan-2018, July-2017 MODIFIER -59, July-2017 MODIFIER 62, Apr-2015, July-2013 MODIFIER 79, Feb-2011 MODIFIER AY, Apr-2017 MODIFIER KS, July-2018 MODIFIER KX, July-2018 MODIFIER Q0, Apr-2015, Oct-2014 MODIFIER QZ, Jan-2014 MOHS, July-2013 MONTHLY CAPITATION PAYMENT

(MCP), Jan-2016 MORBIDITY, Apr-2018, Jan-2016, July-

2014 MS-DRG 025, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 026, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 027, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 040, July-2011 MS-DRG 057, Oct-2011 MS-DRG 069, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 100, Oct-2011 MS-DRG 101, Oct-2011 MS-DRG 181, Apr-2013 MS-DRG 190, Jan-2012 MS-DRG 208, Oct-2010–Oct-2011 MS-DRG 228, Oct-2012 MS-DRG 231, Oct-2012 MS-DRG 233, Oct-2012 MS-DRG 235, Oct-2011–Oct-2012 MS-DRG 236, Oct-2011 MS-DRG 237, Oct-2012 MS-DRG 239, July-2014 MS-DRG 240, July-2014 MS-DRG 241, July-2014 MS-DRG 248, Oct-2012 MS-DRG 249, Oct-2012 MS-DRG 252, July-2011 MS-DRG 264, July-2012 MS-DRG 280, July-2012 MS-DRG 293, July-2012 MS-DRG 308, July-2012, Oct-2011 MS-DRG 312, Jan-2012, July-2012

Page 10: Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

MS-DRG 329, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 330, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 331, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 391, Apr-2013, July-2012 MS-DRG 392, July-2012 MS-DRG 405, Apr-2013 MS-DRG 417, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 418, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 419, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 453, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 454, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 455, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 456, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 457, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 458, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 459, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 460, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 469, Oct-2012 MS-DRG 474, July-2014 MS-DRG 475, July-2014 MS-DRG 476, July-2014 MS-DRG 516, Jan-2013 MS-DRG 542, July-2012 MS-DRG 543, July-2012 MS-DRG 544, July-2012 MS-DRG 581, Oct-2011–Oct-2012 MS-DRG 637, Oct-2011 MS-DRG 640, July-2012, Oct-2011, Oct-

2013 MS-DRG 684, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 690, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 700, Apr-2012 MS-DRG 742, Apr-2013 MS-DRG 743, Apr-2013 MS-DRG 813, Apr-2011 MS-DRG 820, Oct-2013 MS-DRG 821, Oct-2013 MS-DRG 822, Oct-2013 MS-DRG 823, Oct-2013 MS-DRG 824, Oct-2013 MS-DRG 825, Oct-2013 MS-DRG 840, Oct-2011, Oct-2013 MS-DRG 841, Oct-2013 MS-DRG 842, Oct-2013 MS-DRG 857, July-2014 MS-DRG 871, July-2017, Oct-2011 MS-DRG 981, Apr-2011 MS-DRG 982, Apr-2011 MS-DRG 983, Apr-2011 MS-DRG 987, July-2012

MULTIPLE SURGERIES, Apr-2013–Apr-2014, Oct-2015

MUSCULOSKELETAL, Apr-2013, Jan-2013, Jan-2016, July-2012, July-2014, July-2019

MYCOPHENOLATE, Oct-2013 MYCOSIS, Jan-2015 MYELOPATHY, Jan-2013 MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER,

Apr-2013 MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (MI), July-

2012, Oct-2011, Oct-2014 N NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH

STATISTIC, Oct-2012 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR

PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM, July-2011

NATIONAL SUPPLIER CLEARINGHOUSE (NSC), Oct-2011

NEBULIZER, Feb-2011–Jan-2012, July-2013, July-2016, Oct-2011–Oct-2012

NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND, July-2019

NEOPLASM, Apr-2013, July-2012–July-2013, Oct-2011, Oct-2013

NERVES INNERVATING, Jan-2015 NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER, Oct-

2011 NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURE,

July-2011 NEUROLOGICAL, Apr-2012–Apr-2013,

Jan-2015, July-2011–July-2012 NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER, July-

2012 NITROGLYCERIN, July-2012, Oct-2012 NON-CHEMOTHERAPY INJECTION,

Feb-2011, Jan-2015 NON-COVERED CARE, Oct-2014 NON-FACILITY REIMBURSEMENT,

Oct-2011 NONSPECIFIC CEREBROVASCULAR

DISORDER, July-2012 NON-ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL

INFARCTION (NSTEMI), July-2012 NURSE PRACTITIONER, Apr-2013,

Apr-2016, Feb-2011, Jan-2016,

Page 11: Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

July-2015–July-2016, July-2018, Oct-2013–Oct-2014, Oct-2018

NUTRITION, Apr-2014, July-2015, Oct-2013

O OBESITY, Apr-2012–Apr-2014, July-

2012, July-2014 OBSERVATION CARE, Apr-2016, Jan-

2012, Jan-2019, July-2012, Oct-2012

OBSERVATION SERVICE, Apr-2012–Apr-2013, Apr-2016, Jan-2012, Jan-2017, Jan-2019, July-2012, Oct-2012

OBSERVATION SETTING, July-2012 OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA),

Jan-2012, July-2014, Oct-2014 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, Apr-

2011, July-2011, July-2017–July-2019, Oct-2011, Oct-2014, Oct-2019

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY (OT), July-2011

OPEN-HEART SURGERY, Apr-2015 OPEN WOUND, July-2012 OPERATING ROOM (OR), July-2011,

July-2014, Oct-2011 ORDERING PHYSICIAN, Apr-2015,

Jan-2016, July-2012–July-2013, July-2015–July-2016, Oct-2015–Oct-2016

ORDERING/REFERRING, Apr-2013, Apr-2016, July-2013, Oct-2012

OSTEOGENIC STIMULATOR, Jan-2015

OSTEOPOROSIS, Apr-2013, Jan-2013, Jan-2015, July-2013

OUTCOME, Apr-2013 OUTPATIENT CARE, Apr-2012–Apr-

2013, Jan-2012–Jan-2013, July-2012, Oct-2012

OUTPATIENT OBSERVATION SERVICE, Apr-2012–Apr-2013, Jan-2012, July-2012

OUTPATIENT SERVICE, Apr-2011–Apr-2013, Jan-2012–Jan-2013, Jan-2015–Jan-2017, July-2012–July-2013, Oct-2012, Oct-2017–Oct-2019

OVERPAYMENT, Apr-2011–Apr-2015, Apr-2017, Jan-2012–Jan-2017, July-2011–July-2018, July-2020–Oct-2016, Oct-2018–Oct-2019

OVERUTILIZATION, Jan-2012, July-2013

OXALIPLATIN, Apr-2011 OXYGEN SATURATION, Apr-2013,

Jan-2012–Jan-2013, Jan-2016, July-2012

P PACEMAKER, Jan-2015, July-2011,

July-2014, July-2018, Oct-2010, Oct-2014

PANCREATITIS, July-2011 PARAVERTEBRAL FACET, Jan-2015,

Jan-2017 PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION, Apr-

2014 PARTICIPATING HOSPITAL, Apr-2013 PARTICIPATING PHYSICIAN, Apr-

2013 PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE, July-

2012 PATHOLOGIST, Feb-2011, July-2013,

Oct-2014 PATIENT DISCHARGE, Apr-2011, Apr-

2015, Oct-2014, Oct-2016 PATIENT ELIGIBILITY, July-2016 PATIENT STATUS, Apr-2011 PATIENT TRANSFER, Apr-2015 PELVIC EXAM, Oct-2015 PERCUTANEOUS

CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE, Oct-2012

PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY, Oct-2016

PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY (PTCA), July-2011, Oct-2011–Oct-2012, Oct-2014

PER DIEM PAYMENT AMOUNT, Apr-2011

PERIPHERAL/CRANIAL NERVE, July-2011

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, Jan-2013, July-2012

PERITONITIS, Jan-2013 PHARMACEUTICAL INJECTABLE,

Oct-2010

Page 12: Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

PHOTOPHERESIS, Jan-2015 PHYSICAL THERAPY, Apr-2011–Apr-

2014, Jan-2013, Jan-2016, July-2011–July-2012, July-2015, July-2017–July-2019, Oct-2012–Oct-2014, Oct-2019

PHYSICAL THERAPY PLAN OF CARE, Oct-2014

PHYSICIAN ASSESSMENT, Apr-2011–Apr-2012, Feb-2011, July-2011, Oct-2011

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (PA), Apr-2013, Jan-2016, July-2016

PHYSICIAN CERTIFICATION STATEMENT, Apr-2017, July-2017

PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE, Apr-2014, Apr-2016–Apr-2017, Feb-2011, July-2013, July-2015, Oct-2011–Oct-2012, Oct-2014–Oct-2015

PHYSICIAN GROUP, Feb-2011, Oct-2020

PHYSICIAN ORDER, Apr-2019–Apr-2012, Apr-2014–Apr-2016, Feb-2011–Jan-2012, Jan-2017, Jan-2019, July-2011–July-2012, July-2018, Oct-2011–Oct-2012, Oct-2014–Oct-2015

PLACE OF SERVICE (POS), Apr-2018, Jan-2019, July-2015, Oct-2012

PLASMA, Apr-2019 PLEURISY, Apr-2013, Oct-2012 PMD, Apr-2012–Apr-2014, Apr-2016,

Jan-2014, July-2012–July-2013, Oct-2012–Oct-2013

POA INDICATOR, Apr-2012, July-2011, Oct-2010–Oct-2011

PODIATRY, July-2016 POLYSOMNOGRAPHY, Oct-2014 POST-ACUTE CARE TRANSFER

(PACT), Oct-2016 POST ACUTE TRANSFER, Apr-2015 POST-ACUTE TRANSFER, July-2013 POST OPERATIVE ANEMIA, July-2011 POTASSIUM LEVEL, July-2012 POTENTIAL PAYMENT, Jan-2014 POWER OF ATTORNEY, Jan-2018 POWER OPERATED VEHICLES

(POVS), Apr-2016 POWER WHEELCHAIR, Apr-2014, Apr-

2016, Oct-2011–Oct-2012

PRE-ADMISSION, Jan-2013, July-2013, Oct-2014, Oct-2018

PRESENT ON ADMISSION (POA), Apr-2011–Apr-2012, Feb-2011–Jan-2013, July-2011–July-2012, Oct-2010–Oct-2012

PRESSURE REDUCING SUPPORT SURFACE (PRSS), July-2012

PRESSURE ULCER, Apr-2012, Apr-2014, July-2012, July-2018–July-2019, Oct-2011

PREVALENCE, July-2015 PREVENTIVE SERVICE, Apr-2014,

Apr-2016, July-2014, Oct-2015 PRIMARY CARE, Apr-2013–Apr-2014,

July-2012, July-2014, Oct-2012–Oct-2013, Oct-2015

PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS, Apr-2013, Jan-2012, July-2014, July-2019

PRIMARY IMMUNE DEFICIENCY DISEASE, Apr-2019

PRIMARY PAYER, July-2016 PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS, Apr-2011–

Apr-2013, Feb-2011–Jan-2014, July-2011–July-2012, July-2014, Oct-2010–Oct-2013

PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION, July-2011, July-2014

PROCEDURE CODE 83.45, Oct-2011 PROCEDURE CODE 86.22, July-2012,

Oct-2011 PROCEDURE CODE 96.72, Oct-2011 PROFILE, Apr-2011 PROPHYLAXIS, Feb-2011, Jan-2015,

Oct-2013 PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN

(PSA), July-2012 PROSTHETIC IMPLANT, Oct-2012 PSYCHIATRIC, Apr-2011, Apr-2013–

Apr-2015, Jan-2012, Jan-2016, July-2013, July-2015, Oct-2011, Oct-2013–Oct-2014, Oct-2016

PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY, Jan-2012, Jan-2016, July-2013, July-2015

PSYCHIATRY, Apr-2014 PSYCHOTHERAPY, Apr-2014 PULMONARY, Apr-2018, Apr-2013,

Apr-2017, Jan-2012–Jan-2013, July-2011–July-2016, Oct-2011–Oct-2012, Oct-2014

Page 13: Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

PULMONARY EDEMA, July-2012, July-2014, Oct-2011–Oct-2012

PULSE OXIMETRY, Jan-2016 Q QIO, Oct-2015 R RADIATION THERAPY, Apr-2015, Apr-

2017, Jan-2017, Oct-2020 RADIOGRAPH, Apr-2013, Jan-2015 READMISSION, Oct-2015 REASONABLE USEFUL LIFETIME

(RUL), July-2019 RECERTIFICATION, Jan-2016, July-

2012–July-2013, July-2017–July-2018, Oct-2014

RECOUPMENT, Oct-2015 RECOVERY AUDIT CONTRACTOR,

Apr-2013, Jan-2012, Jan-2015, July-2012, Oct-2010

RECOVERY AUDITOR, Apr-2018–July-2020, Oct-2011–Oct-2020

REFERRAL, Jan-2014, Oct-2013, Oct-2016

REFERRING PHYSICIAN, Apr-2016, July-2015, Oct-2014–Oct-2015

REHABILITATION, Apr-2019–Apr-2011, Apr-2013, Apr-2015–Apr-2016, Jan-2012, Jan-2016, July-2012–July-2013, July-2015, July-2017–July-2018, Oct-2012, Oct-2014–Oct-2016, Oct-2019

REHABILITATION THERAPY, Apr-2011, Jan-2012, Oct-2019

RENAL ARTERY, Jan-2015, July-2011 REPRODUCTION DISORDER, Apr-

2013 RESOURCE UTILIZATION GROUP

(RUG), Apr-2017, Oct-2016 RESPIRATORY, Apr-2018, Apr-2013,

Feb-2011–Jan-2012, Jan-2014, Jan-2016, July-2011–July-2012, July-2014, July-2016–July-2017, Oct-2010–Oct-2012

RESPIRATORY ARREST, July-2011 RESPIRATORY FAILURE CODE, July-

2011 RESPIRATORY NEOPLASM, Apr-

2013, Oct-2012

RIGHT POSTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERY (RPDA), July-2011

RITUXIMAB, Jan-2016, July-2013 RYGBP, July-2014 S SANCTION, July-2016 SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT (SVG),

July-2011 SARCOIDOSIS, July-2011 SECONDARY DIAGNOSIS, Apr-2011–

Apr-2013, Jan-2012–Jan-2014, July-2011–July-2012, July-2014, Oct-2011–Oct-2013

SECONDARY MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BONE, July-2012

SEIZURE, Jan-2013, July-2012, July-2018, Oct-2011

SELF-AUDIT, Apr-2013, July-2019 SEPTICEMIA, Oct-2011 SHOCK, July-2012, July-2014–July-

2015, Oct-2010, Oct-2014 SHUNT PROCEDURE, Apr-2013, Jan-

2014 SIGNATURE ATTESTATION

STATEMENT, Apr-2015, Jan-2014, Jan-2016–Jan-2017, Jan-2019, July-2015

SIGNATURES, Apr-2015, Apr-2017, Jan-2014, Jan-2016, Jan-2019, July-2015–July-2016, Oct-2014

SKILLED CARE, Apr-2011–Apr-2012, Apr-2015, July-2018, Oct-2014, Oct-2016

SKILLED NURSING CARE, July-2017 SKILLED NURSING FACILITY (SNF),

Apr-2018, Apr-2011–Apr-2015, Apr-2017, Jan-2016, Jan-2019, July-2017, July-2020, Oct-2011, Oct-2014, Oct-2016, Oct-2019

SNF CONSOLIDATED BILLING, Apr-2012, July-2020, Oct-2011, Oct-2014

SKIN GRAFT, Apr-2014, Feb-2011, July-2012

SKIN ULCER, Feb-2011 SOCIAL WORK, Oct-2011 SOURCE OF ADMISSION, Jan-2016,

Oct-2013 SPELL OF ILLNESS, Apr-2012, Oct-

2014

Page 14: Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

SPINAL FUSION, Apr-2012, Jan-2013, Jan-2015, July-2015

SPINAL PROCEDURE, Jan-2013 SPLIT/SHARED EVALUATION &

MANAGEMENT SERVICE, Apr-2013

STANDARD PAYMENT, Oct-2015 STATEMENT OF ORDERING

PHYSICIAN, July-2012 STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY

(SRS), Apr-2015, Jan-2017 SUBCUTANEOUS INFUSION, Feb-

2011, Jan-2015 SUBLUXATION, Apr-2013, July-2019 SUBMITTING TIMELY

DOCUMENTATION, Oct-2010 SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL

INSURANCE, Jan-2017, Oct-2017 SWING BED, Apr-2011–Apr-2012, Apr-

2020, Jan-2013, Oct-2014 T TACROLIMUS, Oct-2013 TAVI, Apr-2015 TAVR/TAVI SERVICE, Apr-2015 TAX RELIEF and HEALTH CARE ACT,

Apr-2011–Apr-2012, Feb-2011–Jan-2012, July-2011–July-2012, Oct-2011

TELEHEALTH, Apr-2012, Oct-2014 THERAPEUTIC SHOE, July-2016, Oct-

2018 THIRD PARTY, Oct-2015 THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM,

July-2011, Oct-2012 THROMBOSIS, July-2011–July-2012,

Oct-2016 TOP VOLUME DIAGNOSIS, Oct-2012 TOTAL MASTECTOMY, Oct-2012 TRADING PARTNER, July-2011 TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE

REPLACEMENT (TAVR), Apr-2015 TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL, Apr-

2011 TRANSLUMINAL BALLOON, Oct-2016 TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY

ANGIOPLASTY (PTCA), July-2011, Oct-2011–Oct-2012, Oct-2014

TRANSPLANT, Jan-2012, Jan-2015, Jan-2017, July-2013, Oct-2013

Heart transplant, Jan-2015, July-2013 Kidney transplant, Oct-2013 TRANSURETHRAL, July-2012, July-

2015, Oct-2016 TREATMENT OPTION, July-2019, Oct-

2012 TREATMENT ORDER, Jan-2015 TREPROSTINIL, July-2016 TUMOR, Apr-2013, Apr-2015, Jan-2015,

Jan-2017, July-2011, July-2013, July-2015, Oct-2011–Oct-2012, Oct-2020

U ULTRASOUND, Apr-2013, Jan-2013,

Jan-2015, Jan-2017, July-2012, Oct-2012, Oct-2015–Oct-2016

ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE, Oct-2012 UNBUNDLING, Jan-2014, July-2018,

July-2020, Oct-2011, Oct-2020 UNDERPAYMENT, Apr-2011–Apr-

2012, Apr-2014, Jan-2014, July-2011–July-2012, Oct-2011–Oct-2012

UNITED STATES PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE (USPSTF), Apr-2014

UNIT OF SERVICE, Apr-2019–Apr-2011, Apr-2015–Apr-2016, Feb-2011–Jan-2012, Jan-2015

UOS, Feb-2011 URINARY TRACT DISORDER, Apr-

2012 URINARY TRACT INFECTION (UTI),

July-2012 UTILIZATION REVIEW, July-2013, July-

2018 V V42.1, Oct-2013 V42.6, Oct-2013 V42.82, Oct-2013 V42.83, Oct-2013 V42.84, Oct-2013 VALIDATION, Apr-2011–Apr-2013, Apr-

2015, Apr-2017, Feb-2011–Jan-2014, July-2011–July-2012, July-2014, Oct-2010–Oct-2013, Oct-2016

VENOUS STASIS ULCER, July-2012, Oct-2020

Page 15: Index of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletters

VENTILATOR, Apr-2018, July-2017, Oct-2010–Oct-2012

VERBAL ORDER, Apr-2012–Apr-2014, Jan-2014, Jan-2016, July-2012–July-2013, Oct-2013, Oct-2015

VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION, July-2014, Oct-2013

VIAL, Feb-2011–Jan-2012, Jan-2014, Jan-2020, July-2013, Oct-2010

VIRAL, Apr-2012 VIRUS, Apr-2011, July-2016, Oct-2011 SRS, Apr-2015, Jan-2017 VULNERABILITIES, Apr-2011–Apr-

2013, Jan-2012, Jan-2015, July-2011, Oct-2010

VULNERABILITIES FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL, Apr-2011–Apr-2012, Jan-2012, July-2011

W WHEELCHAIR, Apr-2014, Apr-2016–

Apr-2017, Jan-2016, Oct-2011–Oct-2012

WHEELCHAIR UNBUNDLING, Oct-2011

Z ZYGAPOPHYSEAL, Jan-2015

An archive of previously-issued newsletters can be found at https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/MedQtrlyCompNL_Archive.pdf. For other educational products that inform Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) providers about how to avoid common billing errors and other improper activities when dealing with the Medicare Program, please visit the Medicare Learning Network® (MLN) Provider Compliance web page at https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-

Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/MLN-Publications.html.