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Learn Surgery-Relevant Diagnosis Code Changes for 2021

Published on Fri Sep 18, 2020

Start using new codes Oct. 1. Now’s the time for your general surgery practice to solidify diagnosis coding changes that could impact your bottom line. Starting Oct. 1, you’re facing 490 code additions, 58 deletions, and 47 revisions to the ICD-10-CM code set. Key: Medicare claims processing, audits, and quality reporting programs rely on proper diagnosis coding to demonstrate medical [...]
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