Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Heed HIS Coding Tip Offered By CMS

Make sure your orders back up your Hospice Item Set answers. So says a new “HIS coding tip of the quarter” from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

“For treatment and medication items on the HIS (Items J2040, NO500, NO510, NO520), complete the item based on treatments for which the hospice has received orders,” CMS says [...]
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