Pub 100-04 Medicare Claims Processing: Updates to Pub 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 3: Inpatient Hospital Billing
Guidance that provides corrections and clarifications to the Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 3: Inpatient Hospital Billing. It corrects hemophilia diagnosis code descriptions in the section for Payment for Blood Clotting Factor Administered to Hemophilia Inpatients, clarifies billing instructions for the non-outlier period after regular benefit days are exhausted in the section for Billing Coverage and Utilization Rules for PPS and Non-PPS Hospitals, and clarifies application of the Code First policy in the section for Application of Code First.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: April 22, 2011
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