CMS Implemented 12 new ICD-10-PCS Codes Effective August 1, 2020
COVID-19 UPDATE
In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing 12 new procedure codes to describe the introduction or infusion of therapeutics into the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS), effective August 01, 2020.
The files in the Downloads section contain information on the ICD-10-PCS COVID-19 updates effective with discharges on and after August 1, 2020.
Please visit CMS.gov to view or download the new codes.
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/2020-ICD-10-PCS
Delores Johnson, RHIA, MS, HIIM
Chair, HIM Department
August 11, 2020
Source: CMS.gov
