News: CMS to count more codes on UB forms

Effective January 1, 2011, CMS is expanding the number of ICD-9 diagnosis and procedure codes processed on institutional claims, according to an MLN Matters® article released March 5, 2010.

This expansion will allow facilities to use up to 24 additional ICD-9 secondary diagnosis codes where CMS only processed eight codes previously. It also allows for the processing of additional associated present on admission codes and additional ICD-9 secondary procedure codes, up from five codes to 24.