tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2015 Issue 20

Industry Note: CMS: Using Our Free Billing Software Doesn't Excuse You from ICD-10

If your claim submission software is preventing you from submitting ICD-10 codes on your claims, CMS is offering free billing programs that will let you electronically turn in your claims using the new diagnoses. But contrary to what many practices believe, this software is not an ICD-10 workaround — you still have to make the conversion from ICD-9 codes. “You may download the free billing software that CMS A/B MACs offer on their web pages,” CMS says in MLNMatters article SE1522. “Please note that submitting electronic claims to Medicare using the free billing software does not...

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