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Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

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Check Your Chart Against the Demonstration Project Rules

Published on Wed Feb 22, 2006

Watch out: Nurse practitioners are not eligible Before you spend time reporting the 2006 oncology demonstration project codes, be sure you meet the following diagnosis and physician specialty requirements:  1. Diagnosis: Patients are only eligible for the project if they have a primary diagnosis of cancer belonging to one of these 13 major diagnostic categories (remember to code to the highest degree of specificity):  2. Physician specialty: Check the following list for the physician specialties that qualify under the 2006 oncology demonstration project: You can find more details on the project at www.cms.hhs.gov/transmittals/downloads/r36demo.pdf and www.cms.hhs.gov/MedlearnMattersArticles/downloads/MM4219.pdf.
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