Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04), Ch. 13 § 70.4

Clinical Brachytherapy (CPT Codes 77750 - 77799)

Last amended: 2003Year: 2003Length: 95 wordsOfficial source
70.4 - Clinical Brachytherapy (CPT Codes 77750 - 77799) (Rev. 1, 10-01-03) A/B MACs (B) must apply the bundled services policy to procedures in this family of codes other than CPT code 77776. For procedures furnished in settings in which TC payments are made, A/B MACs (B) must pay separately for the expendable source associated with these procedures under CPT code 79900 except in the case of remote after-loading high intensity brachytherapy procedures (CPT codes 77781-77784). In the four codes cited, the expendable source is included in the RVUs for the TC of the procedures.
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