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Home Health & Hospice Week
2020 Newsletter
Industry Notes: Medicare Reconfigures LCDs
Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
Medicare Reconfigures LCDs
Published on Fri Sep 11, 2020
See the more than 100 diagnosis codes added to the upcoming updates to the Local Coverage Article: Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy (A53057) and Local Coverage Article: Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy (A53058). The revised articles, which also delete some codes, take effect Oct. 1 and are at
www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/article-details.aspx?articleId=53057
and
www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/article-details.aspx?articleId=53058
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