[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 24, 1994)]
[Unknown Section]
[Page 0]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-12456]


[[Page Unknown]]

[Federal Register: May 24, 1994]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

42 CFR Part 424

[BPD-610-CN]
RIN 0938-AEO6

 

Medicare Program; Diagnosis Codes on Physician Bills; Correction

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In the March 4, 1994, issue of the Federal Register (FR Doc. 
94-4900) (59 FR 10290), we implemented certain provisions of section 
1842(p) of the Social Security Act, which require that each bill or 
request for payment for a service furnished by a physician under 
Medicare Part B include appropriate diagnostic coding for the diagnosis 
or the symptoms of the illness or injury for which the Medicare 
beneficiary received care. This notice corrects an error made in that 
document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat Brooks, R.R.A. (410) 966-5318.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the March 4, 1994 final rule, we 
inadvertently failed to revise the regulations text to remove a 
parenthetical reference to bills for ambulance services. The 
requirement for diagnostic coding does not apply to bills for ambulance 
services. Therefore, we are making the following correction to the 
March 4, 1994 final rule:


Sec. 424.34  [Corrected]

    On page 10299, in the first column, in Sec. 424.34(b)(4), the last 
sentence of the paragraph, ``(For example, a bill for ambulance service 
must specify the pick-up and delivery points.)'', is removed.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.774, 
Medicare--Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)

    Dated: April 28, 1994.
Neil J. Stillman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 94-12456 Filed 5-23-94; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4120-01-P