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CMS Clarifies Some Rules Surrounding Usage of ICD-10 Codes

Review guidelines on how to code when the diagnosis isn’t definite. Implementation of ICD-10 may have been deferred to October 2015, but the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has stepped up guidance to help you prepare for the new diagnosis coding system. Recently the agency released a transmittal that should help you understand how you’ll report these codes [...]
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