ADDENDUM TO THE RELATIVE VALUE SCALE (RVS) 2001
National Administrative Register [ PHIC PHILHEALTH CIRCULAR NO. 08, S. 2002, February 05, 2002 ]
Please be informed that the following services are hereby considered as inclusion to the Relative Value Scale (RVS) 2001, hence reimbursable when claimed:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 77401 Radiation treatment delivery 10 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 79000 Radiopharmaceutical (radioactive iodine) therapy 10 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 90935 Hemodialysis procedure 10 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 90945 Dialysis procedure other than hemodialysis (e.g. peritoneal, hemofiltration) 10 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 93556 Imaging supervision, interpretation and report for injection procedures during cardiac catheterization; coronary angiography 50 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 96408 Chemotherapy administration 10 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Furthermore, in case of claims for vasectomy and tubal ligation the codes to be reported are as follows:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 55250 Vasectomy, unilateral or bilateral Package ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————- 58600 Ligation or transaction of fallopian tube(s), abdominal or Package vaginal approach, unilateral or bilateral ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
For your information and guidance.
Adopted: 05 Feb. 2002
(SGD.) FRANCISCO T. DUQUE III, MD, MSc.
President and CEO