tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 34

Physician Notes: Reform Bill Calls for Twice-Yearly ICD-9 Updates

A provision that nobody noticed beforehand sneaked into the Medicare reform bill signed by President Bush, and as a result, diagnosis codes could be updated twice a year instead of once a year.   Attendees at a meeting of the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee, which includes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, were startled to find out that the new law will require the HHS Secretary to provide for the addition of new diagnosis and procedure codes on April 1 every year. This could mean that starting in fiscal 2005, new ICD-9 codes could go into effect...

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