Note: Condition code 44 - The continuing saga
Medicare Weekly Update, September 1, 2009
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Editor’s note: Judith Kares, JD, CPC, regulatory specialist for HCPro, Inc., is the author of this week’s note from the instructor.
On Friday, CMS issued Medicare Claims Processing Manual (MCPM) transmittal 1803, which is the October 2009 update to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). CMS included minor revisions to those sections of Chapter 1 of the MCPM that relate to condition code 44.
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