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Know the Facts on Date of Injury Requirements

Published on Mon Apr 04, 2022

Question: Our claim scrubber is kicking out claims for removing foreign bodies from ears and for fractures, stating that a date of injury is required in order to bill these. I have not found anything in the ICD-10-CM manual or on our local Medicare website that states this is required; it is only requested as additional information if we were able [...]
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