The two-day meeting is being held as a webcast event.
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Coordination and Maintenance Committee (C&M) meeting, which is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
The two-day meeting will now be held as a webcast- only event. Meetings begin at 9 a.m. EST and will continue until 5 p.m. A lunch break is planned from 12:30-1:15 p.m.
The following schedule will be used for both meeting days:
The procedure codes will be reviewed Tuesday, beginning at 9 a.m. EST. The broadcast will occur online at https://letsmeet.webex/letsmeet/onstage/g.php?MTID=e20f2a065e507d5e156f34aa9076e32e8.
There is no password or code for the meeting. The dial-in information will be provided via WebEx. The handouts can be found online at http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD9ProviderDiagnosticCodes/ICD-9-CM-C-and-M-Meeting-Materials.html.
The tentative agenda for this meeting includes:
The diagnosis portion will be managed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and will follow the procedures. It is possible that the diagnoses could begin Tuesday as well.
This broadcast will occur online at https://letsmeet.webex/letsmeet/onstage/g.php?MTID=3039e18a86ed9277fac903a52d8880a. There is no password for this meeting either. The dial-in information will be available on WebEx. The diagnosis agenda can be found online at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd/Tentative-Agenda-March-2020-Final.pdf, and the handouts can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd/March-2020-Proposals.pdf.
The following diagnosis topics are tentatively scheduled for the March meeting:
There were no requests for diagnosis or procedure codes to be effective April 1, 2020. The CDC did announce in January 2020 that U07.0 for vaping-related disorder will become effective April 1, 2020.
Attendees can submit comments on the proposals via the chat function in WebEx, or they can be made verbally. Comments regarding the diagnosis and procedure proposals will be accepted after the meeting and are due by April 17, 2020. The handouts contain the details for submitting comments.
The final codes will be released in June 2020. A preliminary version will be published in the Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (IPPS) in April 2020. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and AAPC will grant free continuing education credits for attendees.
Programming Note:
Listen to Laurie Johnson’s live reporting on the C&M meeting tomorrow on Talk Ten Tuesdays, 10-10:30 a.m. EST.
Resources:
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/march-2020-agenda-and-handouts.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd/March-2020-Proposals.pdf.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The author of this article used AI-assisted tools in its composition, but all content, analysis, and conclusions were based on the author’s professional
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