Effective for items furnished on or after April 1, 2013, the non-mail order fee schedule amounts for Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes A4233, A4234, A4235, A4236, A4253, A4256, A4258 and A4259 will be recalculated by removing the 5 percent covered item update for calendar year 2009 and applying a 9.5 percent reduction.Benjamin Shain, MD, PhD, CPT Advisor Sherry Barron-Seabrook, MD, RUC Advisor Jason Chang, MD, CPT Alternate Advisor Kai-ping Wang, MD, RUC Alternate Advisor. Maintained by the CPT Coding and Reimbursement Committee. UnitedHealthcare Community Plan reimbursement policies uses Current Procedural Terminology (CPT *), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) or other coding guidelines. This reimbursement policy is intended to ensure that you are reimbursed based on the code or codes that correctly describe the health care services provided.Now that onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox, Allergan Inc.) is FDA approved for treatment of hyperhidrosis some. Different CPT codes exist for different types of phototherapy based on whether the patient receives UVA or UVB, and UV laser treatment coding is determined by total area treated ( Table 5 ).
