By Marie Rosenthal, MS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently included a new add-on code for infectious disease physicians in its calendar year 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule. The new code would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025.
Because ID services depend more on cognitive actions than procedures, codes for ID specialists have been few and did not reflect the complexity of managing infectious diseases, according to the Infectious Diseases Society of America