Poisoning

Q. How do I talk to my providers about the documentation to support specific International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes when most of them do not really know the codes, but they know the terminology? A. Now that we are 1 year into using ICD-10-CM codes, most expect the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to lift the grace period for allowing providers to assign unspecified diagnosis codes. It is …

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