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Recent Updates to 5 Cardiology NCDs Reflect New 2020 ICD-10 Code Additions

Published on Wed Jan 22, 2020

You’ll see some changes to NCD 20.9.1 “Ventricular Assist Devices.” CMS recently released MLN Matters® 11491 and Change Request (CR) 11491, which made changes to several National Coverage Determination (NCDs). You will see nine changes in all, and five of those are cardiology related. Read on to learn more about how these updates will impact your claims. Understand Background for [...]
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