Wrong Surgical or Other Invasive Procedure Performed on a Patient; Surgical or Other Invasive Procedure Performed on the Wrong Body Part; Surgical or Other Invasive Procedure Performed on the Wrong Patient
Guidance for Transmittal 1755, Change Request 6405, dated June 12, 2009, is being rescinded and replaced, to correct manual references to the Benefit Policy Manual and to update section 230, to include the appropriate reference to the 837i claim format and remove the reference to claim rejections.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: June 12, 2009
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