CMS recently announced the addition of 395 new diagnosis codes, 25 deletions to the diagnosis code set, and 13 revisions. Many changes pertain to reporting certain diseases, accidents and injuries, and social determinants of health (SDOH). These code updates will take effect on October 1.
The new diagnosis codes are spread throughout the code set, with several dozen pertaining to osteoporosis with fractures, retinopathy and muscle entrapment in the eye, and disease of the nervous system i.e., Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy.
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