CMS Releases FY 2020 ICD-10-PCS Codes Set


Center for Medicare Services (CMS) released the FY 2020 ICD-10 code changes on last Friday. This included a total of 77,559 procedure codes for the MS-DRG V37. Find the new changes and procedures here. https://bit.ly/2IzPpIw 

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