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End-Stage Renal Disease Services

Home Dialysis Recipients Who are Hospitalized

Procedure codes G0324-G0327 are for home dialysis ESRD recipients who are hospitalized during the month.

These procedure codes can be used to report daily management for the days the recipient is not in the hospital. For example, if a home dialysis recipient is in the hospital for 10 days and is cared for at home the other 20 days during the month, then 20 units of one of the codes would be used. If a home dialysis recipient receives dialysis in a dialysis center or other facility during the month, the physician is still reimbursed for the management fee and may not be reimbursed for procedure codes G0308-G0319.

Paper Claims

When submitting claims for procedure codes G0324-G0327, report the DOS for ESRD-related care within a calendar month, with the first DOS as the “From DOS” and the last DOS as the “To DOS.” Providers submitting paper claims may indicate up to four DOS per detail line. Indicate the actual number of days under the physician’s care within the calendar month as the quantity. The quantity must match the number of DOS. Refer to Appendix 8 for a sample CMS 1500 claim form for ESRD services.

Electronic Billing

Providers submitting 837 Health Care Claim: Professional (837P) transactions should indicate individual DOS per detail line. Providers may indicate a range of dates per detail line using the 837P transaction only when the service is performed on consecutive days.

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