RadioMedix & Curium Announce Permanent HCPCS Code for DetectnetTM (copper Cu 64 dotatate injection)
St. Louis, MO, Jan. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) RadioMedix Inc. and its commercial partner Curium announced today that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted Detectnet a permanent Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code – A9592 – effective April 1, 2021. The descriptor for this product specific A code will be: Copper Cu-64, dotatate, diagnostic, 1 millicurie. Beginning on April 1, 2021, this code will be available to bill claims for Medicare patients in non-hospital imaging centers and for private insurance patients in all imaging facilities. This information follows the recent news that Detectnet was granted Transitional Pass-Through Status by CMS (C9068) effective January 1, 2021. C9068 is used to bill Detectnet for Medicare patients seen in the hospital outpatient department.