AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1996 Fourth Quarter

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1997 Prospective Payment System and New Codes Updates to Go On as Scheduled As many of you were probably aware, there was a chance of a possible delay in the 1997 update of the Medicare prospective payment system and implementation of the ICD-9-CM code changes. Congress enacted a new law in the spring that gave them 60 days to review regulations that would have a major impact. As things stood, the PPS and new codes updates would not have gone into effect until October 29. This would have cost the nation's hospitals an estimated $185 million. Fortunately, Congress voted...

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