Eli's Rehab Report
Clip & Save ~ Get a Sneak Peek at Proposed ICD-9s for 2008
Published on Mon Jun 18, 2007
Speech-language pathology gets a heap of new codes TCI sifted through CMS' Inpatient Prospective Payment System Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (IPPS NPRM) to find the SLP-related code additions and changes that will specifically affect you. Take a glance at the soon-to-be codes, and see where your diagnoses will have to be much more specific.
Note: The final addendum with complete information on changes to the diagnosis part of ICD-9-CM will be posted on CDC's Web page at www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd9.htm, according to CMS. 
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