tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 3

Physician Notes: CMS Urges Contractors to Add ICD-10 Codes to National Coverage Determinations

Plus: CMS podcast reminds practices that phase 2 of ‘ordering/referring’ edits is coming soon. Ever since rumblings of ICD-10 first began, practices have wondered when National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) would replace applicable ICD-9 codes with the corresponding ICD-10 codes—and it appears that time has come. On Jan. 18, CMS instructed contractors to start the process of creating and updating NCDs that contain ICD-9 codes. CMS said that carriers should assign comparable ICD-10 codes to them by the ICD-10 implementation date of Oct. 1, 2014. The directive was part of MLN Matters article MM8109. This should help practices...

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