HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2017 Issue 36 (September)

IPPS final rule: Prepare for 2018 ICD-10-PCS code updates

September 5th, 2017

CMS recently released the 2018 IPPS final rule, with updates to various quality initiatives, annual payment updates for inpatient services, and an extensive amount of now-annual ICD-10-PCS code additions, deletions, and revisions. This article reviews guideline updates, the addition of “other devices” characters, and new tables added for root operation Replacement.

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