The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions for Coverage for Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) require reporting of data related to pancreata procured for research.

According to CMS, existing codes for reporting were not specific enough to capture whether a pancreas was used for islet cell research. Therefore, CMS in conjunction with Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network (OPTN), developed new codes to d…

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