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Inpatient Facility Coding & Compliance Alert

Coding Update:

Here's Your Update on Inpatient Codes Changes in the OPPS Final Rule for 2015

Published on Mon Dec 15, 2014

Take a sneak peek at the three codes that concern you.   In 2015, you can wipe two cervical and lumber hemilaminectomy codes off your inpatient-only code list. Here’s why: On Nov. 10, CMS released its final rule with comment period that revises Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY [...]
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