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ICD-10 Update:

You Might Avoid Claims Denials in the Implementation Year

Published on Wed Aug 12, 2015

Get to the right code family. You won’t be able to keep using ICD-9 beginning October 1, but at least the pressure is off for losing pay if you make some ICD-10 mistakes right out of the blocks. That’s because CMS has stated that if you can at least list an ICD-10 code from the right “family,” your Medicare administrative [...]
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