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Claims previously adjudicated are unaffected.
Method for Computing Fee Schedule Amount, reflects the conversion factors for calendar year 1997. Supervising Physicians in Teaching Settings, reflects the revised policy on physician presence adopted in the Federal Register in December 8, 1995. Subsection D, Services of Assistants at Surgery Furnished in Teaching Hospitals, clarifies that modifier -82 may be used in place of a certification statement that no qualified resident was available. Section 15018.K. Anesthesia Claims Modifiers, corrects the base units for CPT-4 anesthesia code 00862 from 70 to 7. Section 15022.G. Services of Portable X-ray Suppliers, reflects the change in policy under which carriers no longer make transportation payments for electrocardiographic equipment.