tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2022 Issue Q3

ICD-10-CM 2023: Keep Medical Necessity Accurate With New Dx Codes

You’ll need to start using these codes Oct. 1, 2022 Don’t get overwhelmed with more than 1500 new and revised ICD-10-CM 2023 codes going into effect later this year — we’re here to help you sort it out. Read on as we highlight the relevant changes that could impact pay for your surgery practice beginning Oct. 1. Take Steps to Keep Clean Claims and Appropriate Pay Medicare and many other payers use ICD-10-CM to process claims, relying on diagnosis codes to demonstrate medical necessity for your surgeons’ services. Also, Medicare quality reporting programs rely on appropriate...

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