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Visualize Coding Before And After October

Published on Tue Aug 05, 2003

Coding expert Joan Usher with Pembroke, MA-based JLU Health Record Systems shares this chart to illustrate how you would complete M0230, M0240 and M0245 for three commonly encountered home health diagnoses before and after Oct. 1.

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