tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 32

CODING: Tackle The Top-3 ICD-9 Oncology Changes Before The Oct. 1 Deadline Hits

Tried-and-true tactics get your doctor's documentation on board with these more specific codes.You're in for a parade of denials if you don't master the barrage of lymphoma changes that ICD-9 2008 has in store for you.Prepare now: You and your doctors should start the mental shift so you'll be ready when the new ICD-9 codes go into effect Oct. 1, 2007. 1. Blast Out Of Your 202.80 Rut In 2008 If you've got carpal tunnel from reporting 202.80 (Other lymphomas; unspecified site, extranodal and solid organ sites) over and over again, prepare to exercise some...

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