tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 17

ICD-9 Coding: Oncology, Diabetes Top Proposed ICD-9 Codes

New diagnosis codes could be effective Oct. 1, if approved If you've got high hopes that you'll have a lot of new ICD-9 codes to use starting this fall, CMS may deliver, with a proposal to debut over 300 new diagnosis codes. CMS will publish the full listing of ICD-9 codes in the April 30 Federal Register, but released the changes that the agency proposes in the 2009 Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems document (available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/AcuteInpatientPPS/downloads/CMS-1390-P.pdf).Leukemia: You'll find dozens of new leukemia codes on the list, which expand diagnosis coding options for this disease...

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