Industry Notes: New CMS-1500 Requires Letters, Not Numbers, for Dx Pointer
Although CMS’s latest iteration of the CMS-1500 form (version 02/12) doesn’t include drastic changes, it does feature one adjustment that appears to be tripping up coders across the country, according to a news blast from Part B MAC National Government Services (NGS). And since you can only use the previous CMS-1500 form through the end of March, now is the time to adjust to the new form’s rules.
Background: In the past, you would list your diagnosis codes, along with numbers to indicate the priority (for instance, you would place a “1” next to your...
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