Effective Oct.1, 2012 Medicare certified agencies (including home health and hospice providers) will be required to use occurrence code 55 to indicate a date of death on claims. The new occurrence code will be used in conjunction with discharge status codes indicating the patient has expired – 20 (expired), 40 (expired at home), 41 (expired…
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