tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2018 Issue 18

Clip And Save: Review New ICD-10 Advice on Hurricanes

Tip: Look to the 7th digit for injury clarification after a flood. If you’re worried about coding procedures after a hurricane, you’re not alone. To ensure your claims submissions are spot on, make sure you don’t miss the release of the new 2019 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. Update: The 2019 guidelines add new section I.B.19 in to the “General Coding Guidelines” section, which specify how you should code healthcare encounters during a hurricane’s aftermath. Take a look at the following external cause code rules to address these disasters. Rule...

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