Medimaps Announces Reimbursement by Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for Trabecular Bone Score for Osteoporosis Fracture Risk Assessment
This is the first new reimbursable CPT code for fracture risk assessment in osteoporosis in almost a decade.
- This is the first new reimbursable CPT code for fracture risk assessment in osteoporosis in almost a decade.
- The reimbursement amount was released by CMS last week and will become effective and available January 1, 2022.
- This is largely a result of the fact that 75% of high-risk patients are not being diagnosed timely4.
- Bone microarchitecture assessed by TBS predicts osteoporotic fractures independent of bone density: the Manitoba study, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.