CMS Issues Program Transmittal
for Remote Monitoring
On June 9, 2006, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a program transmittal providing direction for its carriers regarding coding for remote monitoring. The program transmittal standardizes codes to be used for remote monitoring of ICDs and Pacemakers. Effective July 10, 2006, carriers shall pay for the electronic analysis of an implanted cardiac device using remotely obtained data with CPT codes 93731, 93734, 93741, 93743 depending on the type of cardiac device implanted in the patient.
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