New Specialty Codes Established by CMS for Sleep, Sports Medicine
May 22, 2012
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established new physician specialty codes for Sleep Medicine and Sports Medicine effective April 2, 2012. Physicians are allowed to self–designate a primary and a secondary specialty code when enrolling in Medicare and then include the codes on claims submissions.
Specialty Codes
| Neurology | 13 |
| Sleep Medicine (new) | C0 |
| Sports Medicine (new) | 23 |
Specialty codes are used by Medicare and other payers for statistical and tracking purposes, for example to define a "peer group." Physicians can self–designate a specialty when enrolling in Medicare and then use the specialty code on submitted claims.
Click here to read more and to see a complete listing of the specialty codes.