Definitions of Medicare Code Edits

1.4 Definitions of Medicare Code Edits September 2011 1. Invalid diagnosis or procedure code The Medicare Code Editor checks each diagnosis including the admit-ting diagnosis and each procedure against a table of valid ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes. If an entered code does not agree with any code on the internal list, it is assumed to be invalid.

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