tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 29

Medicare Forms: New CMS-1500 Aims to MakeDiagnosis Coding Easier

Be ready to start using the redesigned paper form as of January 1. It’s not every day that your practice has to drop a claim to paper to file with Medicare. In most cases, you file electronically, which CMS far prefers. But in some situations, filing a paper claim is an unavoidable necessity, and CMS is about to change how you do that. Effective Jan. 6, 2014, you’ll be able to start using the redesigned CMS-1500 form (version 02/12), which includes indicators for differentiating between ICD-9 and ICD-10, expands the number of diagnosis codes to 12, and...

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