tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 30

Physician Note: CMS Clarifies Whether You'll Report ICD-9 Codes When Dates of Service Span ICD-10 Implementation Date

Plus: Medicare explains overpayment recovery process.As most practices know, MACs will no longer accept ICD-9 codes after the Oct. 1, 2013 ICD-10 implementation date. But what has puzzled many practices is the question of how to report diagnosis codes for claims that begin on dates of service before Oct. 1, 2013, but don't end until after Oct. 1.Example: The anesthesiologist begins administering continuous anesthesia for a surgery at 11 p.m. on Sept. 30, 2013, and completes the administration at 2 a.m. on Oct. 1, 2013. Should the physicians involved report ICD-9 codes, since the date...

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