tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2014 Issue 22

Industry Notes: CMS Clears Up the Most Common ICD-10 Myths

You’ve heard there won’t be an ICD-10 book that you can keep on your desk because the abundance of codes would make a book too thick — but is that tale true? Actually, no — it’s one of many ICD-10 myths that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hopes to dispel with its latest publication, called ICD-10-CM/PCS Myths and Facts. Indeed, hard copies of the ICD-10 code book are already available and don’t take up more space than your current coding books, CMS says in the document. If you prefer leafing through a...

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