ICD-10 Medicare Inpatient Billing Proposal To Be Reviewed By HHS Panel
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
HHS' National Committee on Vital Health Statistics will make a recommendation on whether CMS should adopt the "International Classification of Disease, Procedural Coding System, 10th Edition" (ICD-10-PCS) for Medicare inpatient billing at its June 26-27 meeting in Washington, DC
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