C Codes - Effective July 1st 2015

Note: Refer to the July 2015 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) or the July 2015 Update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System change request (CR) documents for payment and other information about these HCPCS C-code(s).  These documents can be found at: http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Transmittals/2015-Transmittals.html
HCPCS  Code	Short Description	Long Description	Added Date	Termination Date	Comments
C2613	Lung bx plug w/del sys	Lung biopsy plug with delivery system	7/1/2015		New OPPS pass-through device code effective July 1, 2015.
C9349	PuraPly, PuraPly Antimic	PuraPly, and PuraPly Antimicrobial, any type, per square centimeter	01/01/2015		This code was effective Jan 1, 2015.  The trade name for the product has been changed from "Fortaderm" to "PuraPly" effective July 1, 2015.
C9448	Oral netupitant palonosetron	Netupitant 300mg and palonosetron 0.5 mg, oral	4/1/2015	6/30/2015	HCPCS code C9448 will be deleted on June 30, 2015, and replaced with HCPCS code Q9978(Netupitant 300 mg and Palonosetron 0.5 mg, oral) effective July 1, 2015.
C9453	Injection, nivolumab	Injection, nivolumab, 1 mg	7/1/2015		New OPPS pass-through drug code effective July 1, 2015.
C9454	Inj, pasireotide long acting	Injection, pasireotide long acting, 1 mg	7/1/2015		New OPPS pass-through drug code effective July 1, 2015.
C9455	Injection, siltuximab	Injection, siltuximab, 10 mg	7/1/2015		New OPPS pass-through drug code effective July 1, 2015.
C9737	Lap esoph augmentation	Laparoscopy, surgical, esophageal sphincter augmentation with device (eg, magnetic band)	01/01/2014	6/30/2015	HCPCS code C9737 will be deleted on June 30, 2015, and replaced with Category III CPT code 0392T (Laparoscopy, surgical, esophageal sphincter augmentation procedure, placement of sphincter augmentation device (ie, magnetic band)) effective July 1, 2015.