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When ICD-10-CM is updated Oct. 1, so are these National Coverage Determinations. Are you wondering which National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) will be affected by the thousands of diagnosis code changes going into effect Oct. 1? A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) transmittal tells all. CMS Transmittal 11546, issued Aug. 4, is a one-time […]
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Take 5 to stay up to date on medical coding news. Aside from the annual update to ICD-10-CM, October brought us news of COVID-19 waiver status, a new telehealth place of service code, a new National Coverage Document (NCD) for chronic non-healing wounds, and plenty of code updates to other NCDs. Let’s get right to […]
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Changes to diagnosis codes mean NCD coding changes. Diagnosis codes changes went into effect Oct. 1, as usual, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is updating National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) to reflect those changes. NCDs Affected by Updates to Diagnosis Codes CMS notes the following NCD coding changes in Change Request (CR) […]
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Twenty-three National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) for clinical diagnostic laboratory services have been updated to reflect the April 2018 quarterly release of the edit module for such services. ICD-10-CM codes in effect April 1 affect coverage for several common lab tests. Note ICD-10-CM Code Changes in Lab NCDs The following lab NCDs add/delete ICD-10-CM codes from the […]
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