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ICD-10-CM:

Get Ready for Medicare's 'Code Family' Clemency to End This Fall

Published on Wed Jul 13, 2016

Denials could skyrocket if your specificity isn’t up to scratch. CMS and the CDC have released the final ICD-10-CM 2017 addenda, which has many coders thinking about Oct. 1, 2016, when the codes become effective. Another change that will happen at that time is the end of the CMS “grace period” for ICD-10, which prevents MACs from denying claims based [...]
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