Notice: This CMS-approved document has been submitted - Philips ...

CMS-1403-FC
relationship to the light guide. In the interim, while we
await comments, we have assigned the new equipment price
including the light guide to the new CPT code 46930 as well
as the four other procedures that employ this infrared
coagulator for CY 2009.
4. CPT Code 64632
For CPT code 64632, Destruction by neurolytic agent;
plantar common digital nerve, the AMA RUC recommended that
supply code SH062, a sclerosing solution for injection, be
used as a proxy for the neurolytic agent needed to perform
this procedure. We are concerned about the appropriateness
of this substitution suggested by the specialty society.
The society stated that it was not able to find pricing for
either phenol or 4 percent ethyl alcohol, which the society
believes are the commonly used analytics for this
procedure. We ask commenters to provide us documentation
for pricing of the phenol or 4 percent ethyl alcohol that
are appropriately used in furnishing this service. In the
interim, we will accept the recommendation to use the
$2.029 sclerosing solution as the proxy for the analytic
agent.
5. CPT Code Series 90951 through 90966
For the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Services
including new CPT codes 90951, 90952, 90953, 90954, 90955,
930