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Diagnosis Coding:

7th Character Mess Looms Over ICD-10 Home Care Transition

Published on Fri Sep 18, 2015

Watch for forthcoming guidelines. While much of the logic in the ICD-10 code set is comfortably similar to that of ICD-9, one area is poised to give home health agencies and hospices trouble — selecting the correct seventh character. Don’t expect Medicare Administrative Contractors to cut you any slack in this area during the transition. “ICD-10 codes may require a [...]
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