McKnight's May 12, 2022
The buzz around the proposed rule for fiscal 2023 continues as providers aim to review, digest and comment on proposed updates to the SNF payment rates, wage index adjustments, methodology for recalibrating PDPM parity adjustment, quality reporting and value-based purchasing updates, and multiple requests for information (RFIs).
Of equal interest, we see proposed updates to ICD-10 mappings, which are aimed at more effectively reflecting clinical accuracy for the patients we serve daily.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing several changes to the PDPM ICD-10 code mappings and lists.
CMS notes that, in the case of any diagnoses that are either currently mapped to “Return to Provider” or that we are proposing to classify into this category,...