July 2007 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 8.2
This instruction informs the Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs) and the Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) of the integration of the non-Outpatient Prospective Payment System
(Non-OPPS) OCE into the OPPS OCE effective July 1, 2007. This integration has resulted in the routing of all institutional outpatient claims (which includes non-OPPS hospital claims) through a single integrated OCE eliminating the need to update, install, and maintain two separate OCE software packages on a quarterly basis. This integration does not change the current logic that is applied to outpatient bill types that already pass through the OPPS OCE software. It merely expands the software usage to include non-OPPS hospitals. This new software product will be referred to as the Integrated OCE. Claims with dates of service prior to July 1, 2007 should be routed through the non-integrated versions of the OCE software (OPPS and non-OPPS OCEs) that coincide with the versions in effect for the date of service on the claim.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: June 08, 2007
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