Billing Code Update for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants (July 2018)

<p>New codes and taxonomies have been added to the procedure code list for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.</p>

Author: CSRA, 1-800-688-6696

New codes and taxonomies have been added to the procedure code list for nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs). The codes are:

36011 36011 (B) 51610 51610 (B)

*Codes marked with a (B) were updated for modifier 59.

The Medicaid website has a complete list of previously denied billing codes for NPs, PAs and Certified Nurse Midwives.

Note: Codes currently in process for system updates will be published once system modifications are completed. Additional code problems will be addressed as North Carolina Medicaid Clinical Policy becomes aware of them.

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