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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated the list of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes that do not require either an HCPCS –QR or –Q0 modifier for implantable cardiac device services ...
Of the 395 new ICD-10-CM codes, 123 of them are external cause codes to capture accidents and injuries. CMS also proposes 36 new codes for osteoporosis with current pathological pelvic fracture.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a list of new and invalid ICD-9 diagnosis and procedure codes, effective Oct. 1, according a report from the American Academy of Professional ...
Many rare diseases don't have an ICD code, and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at NIH is exploring ways to best expand those codes to benefit rare disease patients ...
Healthcare is bursting with issues demanding physicians' attention, but ICD-10 and price transparency are topping the list for 2015, according to a Forbes report.
Medical practitioners can enter the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) code "W17.9" to quickly register another fall from a milk crate.