Place of Service (POS) CMS List Coding Instructions Revised (CR7631).

Every physician or other provider encounter requires a place of service (POS) code for proper claims processing.  But how should a physician determine their point of service? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) put an end to that question once and for all with Change Request 7631.  Apparently, there have been too many errors over too many years with physicians and other providers reporting the wrong site of service location.   As far as I can tell, this Change Request 7631 was originally submitted March 29th, 2012 under Transmittal 2435 in the CMS Manual System.  Transmittal 2435 was replaced by Transmittal 2561 on September 28th, 2012,  which was replaced by Transmittal 2563 on October 11, 2012, which was replaced by transmittal 2613 on December December 14th, 2012, which was finally replaced by Transmittal 2679 on March 29th, 2013 in the CMS Manual System.  But we're not done yet folks.  CMS says in transmittal 2679 they will discuss place of service for laboratory and pathology services through another change request at a later date.  Yes folks, single payer government Medicare efficiency is alive and well. Transmittal 2679 establishes a national policy for the correct place of service code assignment.  CMS has a table of all POS codes that are used by all Medicare contractors, Medicaid and private insurance companies as well.  Each POS code is defined as a facility or nonfacility place of service f...
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