DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 10 (October)

CMS adds 168 new ICD-9 codesin last major revision before ICD-10

You now have 168 brand new ICD-9 codes effective Oct. 1, plus dozens more CMS slipped in that were not in the proposed rule, according to a Part B News analysis of CMS’s finalized list of ICD-9 codes released in June. In addition to the 180 proposed changes issued in the May 5 proposed hospital inpatient prospective payment system rule, you will see 43 more new codes, 11 revised codes and nine invalidated codes.

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