PhilHealth is mandated by law to adapt to changes in medical technology to meet the needs of its members. As stated in Section 39 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 7875 (as amended by RA 9241) PhilHealth shall introduce additional benefit items and continuously improve the system for benefits availment.

Pursuant to PhilHealth Board Resolution No. 1207 series of 2009, amendments to the RVS 2001 include:

1. Fifteen additional procedures to wit:

CODE	DESCRIPTIVE TERMS	RVU
31636	Bronchoscopy; diagnostic, (flexible or rigid), with placement of bronchial stents	100
31643	with placement of catheters for intracavitary radioelement application	100
52649	High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) of the prostate including transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)	250
55101	Drainage and debridement of Fournier ™s gangrene of the scrotum	25
58750	Tubotubal anastomosis	100
59814	Manual vacuum aspiration for spontaneous abortion	50
65780	Ocular surface reconstruction; amniotic membrane transplantation	200
65781	limbal stem cell allograft (e.g., cadavaric or living donor)	200
65782	limbal conjunctival autograft (includes obtaining graft)	200
66982	Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (one stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (e.g., irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification), complex, requiring devices or techniques not generally used in routine cataract surgery (e.g., iris expansion device, suture support for intraocular lens, or primary posterior capsullorhexis) or performed on patients in the amblyogenic developmental stage	200
67027	Implantation of intravitreal drug delivery system (e.g., ganciclovir implant), includes concomitant removal of vitreous	170
68371	Harvesting conjunctival allograft, living donor	120
75757	Angiography, fluorescein (eye)	50
92980	Transcatheter placement of an intracoronary stent(s), percutaneous, with or without other therapeutic interventions, any method; single vessel	200
92981	each additional vessel	200

2. Revision of relative value units (RVU) of selected procedures currently found in the RVS will be revised as listed in the attached Annex^[*] of this Circular.

3. In addition, to properly guide all concerned in the implementation of this circular, the ground rules for RVS 2001 shall remain in effect until its revision.

This Circular shall take effect for all claims starting April 1, 2009 admissions. All other issuances inconsistent herewith are hereby modified or repealed accordingly.

Please be guided accordingly.

Adopted: 17 March 2009

(SGD.) DR. REY B. AQUINO
President and CEO

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^[*] Text Available at Office of the National Administrative Register, U. P. Law Complex, Diliman, Quezon City.