AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2003 Issue 1

Update on trauma activation codes

By George ArgesChairman, NUBCSenior DirectorAmerican Hospital Association Health Data Management Group The 4th quarter 2002 of Coding Clinic for HCPCS indicated that the trauma activation codes became effective October 1st 2002. Subsequent to the publication date, we learned that CMS has not instructed their fiscal agents about recognizing these codes. Consequently, the use of these new revenue codes could cause a Medicare claim to reject. CMS does plan to send out instructions to their fiscal intermediaries about the use of revenue codes 0681 and 0682 sometime in April 2003 with a targeted effective date of July 1st, 2003. For...

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