tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 19

PHYSICIAN NOTES: ICD-9 Codes May Come Out Twice Yearly

The ICD-9 codes are still coming out in annual updates, but the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed moving to a twice-yearly update as mandated in the Medicare Modernization Act, according to a CMS official. If this happened, most likely the second update would take effect in April and wouldn't include any hospital procedure code updates, the source says. The new schedule could take effect as soon as next April, according to the proposal published in the May 18 Federal Register. "The April updates would be those primarily related to new technology, and not necessarily everything that...

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