Monday, June 8, 2009

Palmetto/J1MAC News

The following information has been received by ANCO.


****PALMETTO/J1MAC NEWS****
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 0600 Update

Share with your staff - The ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 0600 ‘Sylvatic’ was
incorrectly end dated in our system. Providers are asked to contact the
Palmetto GBA Provider Contact Center (PCC) at (866) 931-3901 and ask for
the claims to be reprocessed.
http://www.palmettogba.com/palmetto/providers.nsf/vMasterDID/7Q3JV82052?opendocument


CMS to Host First National Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) Provider
Education Call on HIPAA Version 5010 - June 9, 2009

CMS will host a national education conference call to address Medicare's
FFS implementation of HIPAA Version 5010. This call is being conducted for
all Medicare fee-for-service providers. The call will give a general
overview of Medicare's transition to HIPAA Version 5010 and address some of
the exceptions and situations you may encounter as the new version is
implemented.
http://www.palmettogba.com/palmetto/providers.nsf/vMasterDID/7SNR6V1562?opendocument

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