Effective for claims with dates of service on or after January 1, 2018, prolonged preventive services will be payable by Medicare when billed as an add-on to an applicable preventive service that is payable from the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, and both deductible and coinsurance do not apply. HCPCS Codes G0513 and G0514 for prolonged preventive services will be added as part of January1, 2018, HCPCS update and the coinsurance and deductible will be waived.
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