DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2015 Issue 12 (December)

Flexibilities reduce denials and cash flow, but details point to problems

To reduce the negative impact of the ICD-10 transition, CMS announced on July 6 that it would allow a certain amount of leeway on ICD-10 coding (PBN 7/13/15). Respondents to Part B News’ November ICD-10 survey believe the flexibilities are very helpful for code selection (39%) and claims payment (40%). But a closer look at the data for these respondents indicates a mixed bag of results.

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