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CMS Releases FAQ to Explain 'Grace Period,' Cement Start Date

Published on Tue Sep 22, 2015

Be ready to use ICD-10 Oct. 1, or claims won’t fly. Amid the ocean of information CMS has released in the lead-up to ICD-10’s official start date, many practices are struggling to stay afloat. Recently, CMS sent out another piece of guidance that confused more than clarified; it said that CMS wouldn’t deny claims with incorrect ICD-10 codes until 2016. [...]
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