Update to Place of Service Codes 19 and 22

As of January 1, 2016, providers were given the capability to differentiate between on-campus and off-campus provider based hospital departments. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created a new description for place of service (POS) code 19 and revised the description for POS code 22. The descriptions for each POS are:

• POS 19 - Off-Campus Outpatient Hospital: A portion of an off-campus hospital provider based department which provides diagnostic, therapeutic (both surgical and nonsurgical), and rehabilitation services to sick or injured persons who do not require hospitalization or institutionalization.

• POS 22 - On-Campus Outpatient Hospital: A portion of a hospital's main campus which provides diagnostic, therapeutic (both surgical and nonsurgical), and rehabilitation services to sick or injured persons who do not require hospitalization or institutionalization.

These selections will determine if the provider based hospital department is on or separate from the hospital's main campus.