INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Subject: Kidney center services -- Additional billable HCPCS J-codes.
Effective Date: May 14, 2004.
Document Description: Retroactive to dates of service on and after January 1, 2004, the Medical Assistance Administration (MAA) added three healthcare common procedure coding system (HCPCS) J-codes to the list of codes billable by kidney centers.
To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statement, contact Barbara Salmon, Rules and Publications Section, Department of Social and Health Services, Medical Assistance Administration, Division of Policy and Analysis, P.O. Box 45533, Olympia, WA 98504-5533, phone (360) 725-1349 or go to website http://maa.dshs.wa.gov/download/publicationsfees.htm (click on "Numbered Memos," "Year 2003"), TDD 1-800-848-5429, fax (360) 586-9727, e-mail salmobl@dshs.wa.gov.
May 20, 2004
Ann Myers, Manager
Rules and Publications Section