April 2022 Update to the Java Medicare Code Editor (MCE) for New Edit 20- Unspecified Code Edit
The purpose of this Change Request (CR) is to implement system changes needed to update the Shared System Maintainer (SSM) interface with the Java MCE to accept new MCE Edit 20- Unspecified Code Edit. This CR also provides a mechanism to systematically bypass the new edit when a specific billing note is present in the claim remarks field to indicate the primary reason why laterality could not be determined.
Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: October 21, 2021
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