Medicare program; list of covered surgical procedures for ambulatory surgical centers--HCFA. Final notice.

This final notice announces additions and revisions to the current list of surgical procedures for which facility services are covered when the procedures are performed in an ambulatory surgical center. Our current list of covered ASC procedures was published in the Federal Register on August 5, 1982 (47 FR 34099). The changes contained in this final notice result from our consideration of the public comments received in response to a proposed notice published on February 16, 1984 (49 FR 6023), which requested additions or revisions to the current list of ASC procedures and charge schedules for the new procedures, and subsequent consultation which medical organizations.