Industry Note:
Heed HIS Coding Tip Offered By CMS
Published on Thu Nov 10, 2016
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 [...]