Two day meeting begins, March and concludes March 10, 2021
March has just arrived and in the coding world that means that the Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting is around the corner. The Coordination & Maintenance Committee meeting will be held virtually on March 9 and March 10 from 9:00 a.m. EST until 5:00 p.m. There will be a lunch break from 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
There are three options for joining the meeting.
https://cms.zoomgov.com/j/1600784651?pwd=MEZLdWhJVGZLajV2eDF0ck4zbjBtdz09.
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The meeting will begin with the procedure topics and will be led by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) staff. Here is a list of some of the topics for new PCS codes:
There are a total of 34 topics on the tentative agenda for procedures, but one proposal has been withdrawn. Twenty-four proposals have requested New Technology Add-On Payment status. These six proposals will not be presented during the meeting:
Comments on all the procedure proposals should be sent to ICDProcedureCodeRequest@cms.hhs.gov.
The diagnosis topics are expected to be presented on March 10, 2021 and will be led by the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There are a total of 25 topics on the CDC agenda. Here are some of the tentative topics:
Comments on the diagnosis proposals can be sent to nchsicd10CM@cdc.gov.
The Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting is an excellent opportunity to acquire free continuing education credits from American Association of Procedural Coders (AAPC) and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). An attendee may claim one continuing education credit for each hour of attendance.
The tentative agendas are not final. The final agenda and presentations as well as the links to the sessions will be posted on their respective websites. The final codes for FY22 should be published in June 2021.
Programming Note: Listen to Laurie Johnson’s report today on the upcoming coordination and Maintenance meeting on Talk Ten Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Eastern.
Resources:
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/march-9-2021-tentative-agenda.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd/Tentative-Agenda-March-2021-508.pdf
The Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee meeting was held on Sept. 12 and 13. The meeting began with the procedure proposals, which were followed by
The next Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee meeting will be held on Sept. 12 and 13 . This meeting will be virtual, and you must
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