CMS Should Reconsider Electroconvulsive Therapy CPT Code – HHS OIG
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will evaluate the appropriateness of multiple-monitored electroconvulsive therapy in its April review of CPT codes, following a December 2001 recommendation by the HHS Office of the Inspector General
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