ICD 10s
Doug
Description
Collection
Title:
ICD 10s
Creator:
Doug
Date:
10/23/2015
Text:
The following is from the very helpful Linda Collins with Ossur:
”DMEPOSsuppliers should continue to look to the referring physicians for the ICD 10diagnosis. However, physicians have been granted a 12-month flexibility periodin which they do not have to submit diagnoses codes to the highest level ofspecificity. The physicians' claims need only have a code with the correctfamily of diagnosis codes. DMEPOS are not allowed the same grace period. DMEPOSsuppliers must bill with an ICD-10 code to the highest level of specificity. “
Does that sound challenging when orthotists/prosthetists are not diagnosticians? Can we just use common sense and assign the ICD 10 ourselves?
Does the ICD 10 we use for billing have to be a part of the physicians medical record?
Thank you.
Doug Van Atta, CPO
”DMEPOSsuppliers should continue to look to the referring physicians for the ICD 10diagnosis. However, physicians have been granted a 12-month flexibility periodin which they do not have to submit diagnoses codes to the highest level ofspecificity. The physicians' claims need only have a code with the correctfamily of diagnosis codes. DMEPOS are not allowed the same grace period. DMEPOSsuppliers must bill with an ICD-10 code to the highest level of specificity. “
Does that sound challenging when orthotists/prosthetists are not diagnosticians? Can we just use common sense and assign the ICD 10 ourselves?
Does the ICD 10 we use for billing have to be a part of the physicians medical record?
Thank you.
Doug Van Atta, CPO
Citation
Doug, “ICD 10s,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/237768.
