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Watch for POS Updates for Outpatient Hospital Services In 2016

Be definitive for campus services and prepare to welcome a new code. In 2015, the outpatient hospital place of service (POS) code is 22. Effective Jan. 1, 2016, and to be implemented on Jan. 4, 2016, you will have two updated POS codes to consider for outpatient services. The background published in Transmittal 3315/Change Request 9231 on Aug. 6, 2015 [...]
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