Last Modified: 9/28/2022
Location: FL, PR, USVI
Business: Part A
CMS provides instructions to contractors regarding Medicare payment for drugs and biologicals incident to a physician’s service. The instructions also provide the contractor with a process for understanding if an injectable drug is “usually” self-administered (to mean a drug you would normally take on your own) and therefore not covered by Medicare.
• The term “usually” means that the drug is self-administered more than 50% of the time for all Medicare beneficiaries who use the drug and are considered excluded from coverage.
Providers are not required to bill non-covered self-administered drugs unless requested by the beneficiary or secondary insurance. If a line item denial is required that holds the beneficiary liable for the non-covered self-administered pharmacy services, the outpatient claim should be submitted as follows:
• Revenue code 0637
• HCPCS code that describes the services rendered; or,
• Use A9270 (non-covered item or service) when there is no other appropriate code
• Modifier GY (item or service statutorily excluded or does not meet the definition of any Medicare benefit)
• Reason code 31324 will append to the line item when the GY modifier is present, and holds the beneficiary liable
• Reason code 31947 will apply to the line item when the GY modifier is not present, and holds the provider liable
• Advanced beneficiary notice (ABN) is not required
• Charges non-covered
• Do not submit the charges as covered
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