November 10, 2015
ICD-10
CMS Offers Grace Period for ICD-10 Specificity But Not All Payers Follow Suit
Medicare review contractors won’t deny ICD-10 claims billed by physicians or other practitioners under the Part B physician fee schedule during either automated medical reviews or complex medical record reviews based solely on the specificity of the ICD-10 diagnosis code, as long as the physician/practitioner uses a valid code from the right family of codes.
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