06/23/2021

Participate Now: AMA RUC Survey on Office and Outpatient Consultations, Inpatient and Observation Consultations and Services, Inpatient or Observation Discharge Services, and Prolonged E&M Services

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) members who are practicing oncologists may have received emails inviting them to participate in the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Specialty Society Relative Value Scale (RVS) Update Committee (RUC) survey. This important survey will help ASCO, in collaboration with the RUC, recommend relative value units and direct practice expense values to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the following services:

 

• Office and Outpatient Consultation Services (CPT codes 99242-99245)
• Inpatient and Observation Consultation Services (CPT Codes 99252-99255)
• Initial and Subsequent Inpatient or Observation Care Services (99221-99223 and 99231-99233)
• Hospital Inpatient or Observation Discharge Services (CPT Codes 99238 and 99239)
• Prolonged Services Without Direct Patient Contact (On a Date Other than a Face-to-Face Evaluation and Management Service) (CPT codes 99358 and 99359)
• Prolonged Services With and Without Direct Patient Contact on the Date of an Evaluation and Management Service (CPT codes 99417 and 993X0)

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