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Add These ICD-9 Updates To Your Diagnosis Repertoire
Published on Sat Sep 19, 2009
Some skin cancers will no longer earn any NRS points. The new and revised 2010 ICD-9 codes were effective Oct. 1 without any grace period -- making it crucial that you're onboard with the changes most likely to impact your agency. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is giving you fewer changes to master this year than you had last year, said Judy Adams, president and CEO of Adams Home Care Consulting in Chapel Hill, N.C. during a recent Eli-sponsored audioconference. This reduction in changes may be a trend we'll continue to see as we ramp up for ICD-10, she says. Include New Neuroendocrine Tumors Codes You have six new codes for Merkel cell carcinoma at 209.3x (Malignant poorly differentiatedneuroendocrine tumors). These additions expand on the 209.3x subcategory that was added last year,along with the 209.xx (Neuroendocrine tumor) category. This neoplasm case mix category welcomes the six new codes: [...]