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ICD-10-CM News:

You Can Buy Time To Prepare In The First Year

Published on Thu Aug 13, 2015

Target the ‘right family’to get to the correct code. CMS and AMA made a joint announcement on July 6 that for 12 months after ICD-10 implementation, Medicare won’t deny Part B claims based just on ICD-10-CM code specificity as long as the code is from the “right family.” This announcement comes after AMA officials have publicly supported bills introduced over [...]
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