tci Part B Insider - 2012 Issue 16

Physician Note: CMS Debuts New 'Date of Death' Code

Plus: CMS accepting comments on ICD-10 delay through May 17.When a patient passes away while in your physician's care, you may be familiar with adding the death-related discharge codes to his claims--but now you have another code to tack on to those.CMS introduced occurrence code 55 last week, which you must report along with a patient's date of death when the patient's discharge status is 20 (Expired), 40 (Expired at home), 41 (Expired in a medical facility), or 42 (Expired--place unknown), according to MLN Matters article MM7792.Effective Oct. 1, you must include code 55 with these...

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