New procedure codes in Belgian Nomenclature came into force in December 2019

The health benefit Nomenclature of the Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (INAMI/RIZIV) includes the benefits (with specific hospital and ambulatory codes) that are reimbursed by the compulsory health care insurance, wholly or partially. The Nomenclature and its changes are published in the Belgian Official Gazette.

On November 7, 2019, the Nomenclature was updated. The update brought changes in chapter V of Nomenclature, regarding the creation of new codes and modification of existing codes.

The changes of the following articles of the Nomenclature will come into force since December 1, 2019:

• Article 24 “Clinical biology”
• Article 12 “Anesthesiology”
• Article 18 “Radiotherapy and radium therapy - Nuclear medicine”
• Article 34 “Intervention services”

Key changes in the clinical biology (24) article:

• New code 542953-542964 “Determination of bone loss” was added
• Conditions for reimbursement of this code were added
• Minor modifications of existing codes were made

Key changes in the anesthesiology (12) article:

• Minor modifications of existing code were made

Key changes in the radiotherapy and radium therapy - nuclear medicine (18) article:

• New code 433392-433403 “Determination of bone loss” was added
• Conditions for reimbursement of this code were added

Key changes in the intervention services (34) article:

• Minor modifications of reimbursement conditions were made

See the full details here.

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