BC Advantage - 2014 Issue 12

Don't Let the New ICD-10 Catch You Off Guard

By David Berky CIO, Find A Code, LLCCenter for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the final version for the new ICD-10-CM and ICD-10 PCS. Until coders and billers convert to this new ICD-10-CM coding system on October 1st, 2015, they will continue to use the ICD-9-CM codes and CPT/HCPCS codes. However, CMS is recommending that professionals start this new training and become well versed with these two new ICD-10 code sets.As all coders know The ICD-9-CM code set is based on the International Classification of Diseases maintained by the WHO, the World Health Organization. These are...

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