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Update Your Diagnosis Codes Come Oct. 1
Published on Wed Jul 17, 2019 
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Your staff responsible for coding may be keeping an eye on how Medicare is monitoring coding practices, but they have a more pressing issue to worry about too. ICD-10 diagnosis code changes for 2020 will take effect Oct. 1. See the code update files at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/2020-ICD-10-CM.html.
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