CMS Issues Alert on ICD-9 and ICD-10 Exclusions

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a technical alert dated May 23, 2016 related to Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) MMSEA Section 111 reporting. This alert communicates that there are newly excluded ICD diagnosis codes that will no longer be accepted by CMS beginning on January 7, 2017.  The exclusion includes codes from both the ICD-9 and ICD-10 revisions as follows: ·         ICD-9-CM o   999.9 (Other and ...

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