Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
ICD-9:
Size Up ICD-9 2008 Oncology Codes At A Glance
Published on Sun Jul 22, 2007
Red alert: Grace periods are in the past--prep now for the Oct. 1 deadline.
Oncology is the star of the ICD-9 2008 show with a slew of new lymphoma codes. But you don't want to miss the other new codes in all the lymphoma hubbub.
Use this chart to quickly see the preliminary list of 2008 ICD-9 codes that affect your coding most.
Resource: You can find the code changes online as part of the IPPS NPRM on April 13, 2007, as Tables 6A-F, starting at the bottom of page 867: www.cms.hhs.gov/AcuteInpatientPPS/downloads/CMS-1533-P.pdf. 
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