tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 29

PART B CODING COACH: Get Ready Now for October's Urinary Diversion, Renal Disease Diagnosis Changes

Bonus:You'll have additional personal history V codes for next year. In just a few months, you'll be faced with more than 350 ICD-9 changes. If you don't incorporate the changes into your coding that day, your practice could face denials and lost revenue. There are 311 new, 22 invalid, and 45 revised ICD-9 codes that take effect on Oct. 1, 2009. The following tips will help you determine which urology diagnosis codes might apply to your practice. Every dollar -- and every productivity hour -- counts these days, so we've scoured the diagnosis code changes for you. Here's what...

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