VALENCIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bioness Inc., a leading neuromodulation company, announced today that beginning January 1, 2009, the NESS L300 will be reimbursed by Medicare for incomplete spinal cord injury patients suffering from foot drop. The decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) establishes a new HCPCS code, E0770, for functional electrical stimulation (FES) devices including the NESS L300™ Foot Drop System. Based on this coding decision, Medicare carriers have issued billing instructions stating formally that the NESS L300 from Bioness will be covered for spinal cord injury patients with specific diagnosis codes who meet certain criteria.
