Question:
Do we have to assign a code if we don’t receive payment from Medicare for a procedure or supply?
Answer:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services continue to encourage hospitals to report a charge for each service they furnish, either by billing the HCPCS code and a charge for that service if separate reporting is consistent with CPT and CMS instructions or by reporting the charge for the packaged service with an appropriate revenue code but without a HCPCS code, when specific HCPCS codes are unavailable.