AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2020 Issue 3; New ICD-10-CM Codes
New ICD-10-PCS Codes Effective August 01, 2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing 12 new procedure codes to describe the introduction or infusion of therapeutics, including remdesivir and convalescent plasma, into the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS), effective August 01, 2020.The Code Tables, Index and related Addenda files for the 12 new procedure codes are available at: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/2020-ICD-10-PCS.The following questions and answers below represent a selection of questions that were initially jointly developed and approved by the American Hospital Association’s Central Office on ICD-10-CM/PCS, the American...
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