Staff Contact: Andrew Wheeler
WPS, the CMS administrative contractor servicing most of Missouri hospitals, released guidance about billing Medicare for VEKLURY (remdesivir) antiviral medication in an outpatient setting. Code J0248 should be used for administration coding and to identify the medication. Other details include place of service reporting, reporting of units, pricing per unit and ICD-10 diagnosis coding. The guidance applies to claims with dates of service on or after Dec. 23, 2021.