On February 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Change Request (CR) 11134 containing coding revisions to various National Coverage Determinations (NCD).
Modifications to radiology-relevant NCDs include the following:
NCD 150.3 Bone Mineral Density Studies - Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) are instructed to add CPT code 0508T Pulse-echo ultrasound bone density measurement resulting in indicator of axial bone mineral density, tibia effective July 1, 2018.
See CR 11134 for further details including a full list of affected NCDs.