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Eliminate Manifestation Codes As Primary Before Jan. 1

Published on Fri Aug 22, 2014

Incorrect diagnosis code reporting could bounce your claims back to you when new edits hit. You may be looking ahead to ICD-10 implementation, but perhaps you should be paying more attention to ICD-9 in the meantime. Why? On Jan. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will implement edits that will return home health agency claims that contain a [...]
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