tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2020 Issue Q4

ICD-10-CM: Learn Surgery-Relevant Diagnosis Code Changes for 2021

Start using new codes Oct. 1. Now’s the time for your general surgery practice to solidify diagnosis coding changes that could impact your bottom line. Starting Oct. 1, you’re facing 490 code additions, 58 deletions, and 47 revisions to the ICD-10-CM code set. Key: Medicare claims processing, audits, and quality reporting programs rely on proper diagnosis coding to demonstrate medical necessity for procedures your surgeons perform. “Keeping abreast of [ICD-10-CM] changes can be important to the bottom line, and ensures that the most accurate information is being passed on to decision-makers of all types,” says...

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