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Diagnosis Coding:

Get Ready To Drastically Expand Your Hospice Diagnosis Coding

Published on Fri Aug 07, 2015

Hospices have to take on increased coding and ICD-10 almost simultaneously. New diagnosis coding instructions in the 2016 final payment rule may require hospices to open themselves up to more financial liability. As it said in the proposed rule this May, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is “clarifying that hospices will report all diagnoses identified in the initial [...]
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