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Regulatory Committee insight: Summarizing the C&M Committee meeting

by Teresa Krepps, RHIT, CCS, CCDS

The ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee met on September 10–11, 2019 to discuss code proposals for implementation on October 1, 2020, for fiscal year 2021. Several members of the ACDIS CDI Regulatory Committee listened to or attended the meeting in person in order to provide feedback to the ACDIS membership on the proposed changes.

CDI professionals are encouraged to review the proposals and submit feedback to the C&M Committee. The deadline for public comments is November 8. Written comments on the ICD-10-PCS proposals should be submitted to CMS via ICDProcedureCodeRequest@ cms.hhs.gov. Comments on the ICD-10-CM proposals should be sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) via nchsicd10CM@cdc.gov.

 

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