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[QUOTE="rlh27, post: 397810, member: 89824"]Can you give additional information about the indications for the surgery...I didn't see i77.4 listed in the LCD, but I saw diagnosis codes for diseases tha... [ Read More ]
Noridian shared this, after their most recent ICD-10 webinar, with all attendees:
CMS response to ICD-10 ?family of codes?.
CMS will be releasing a FAQ in the near future defining this information.... [ Read More ]
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H26Other cataract
H26.0Infantile and juvenile cataract
H26.00Unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract
H26.001…… right eye... [ Read More ]
Published August 2008
By Sheri Poe Bernard, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P
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