Effective April 1, 2017, CMS has established a new physician specialty code for Hospitalist, C6.
Medicare also will recognize the new code of C6 as a valid specialty for the following edits:
- Ordering/certifying Part B clinical laboratory and imaging, durable medical equipment (DME), and Part A home health agency (HHA) claims
- Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Method II Attending and Rendering claims
- Attending, operating, or other physician or non-physician practitioner listed on CAH claims
Physicians self-designate their Medicare physician specialty on the Medicare enrollment application (CMS-855I or CMS-855O) or Internet-based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System when they enroll in the Medicare program.