Year: 2017
Resolution Number: 49
Action Taken: Disapproved
Status: Complete
Author(s): Jayne Courts, MD
Sponsor: Domenic Federico, MD
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with insurers doing business in the state of Michigan to accept (or, if needed, seek state legislation to mandate that said insurers accept) all ICD-10 codes that reasonably represent a patient's diagnosis with appropriate specificity for the information readily available to the physician at the time of service; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS work with insurers doing business in the state of Michigan to eliminate (or, if needed, seek state legislation to mandate that said insurers eliminate) ICD-10 codes that they choose not to accept, and that said insurers work with the Michigan Insurance Commission to provide physicians with a list of acceptable ICD-10 codes that all insurers doing business in the state of Michigan will accept as a standard.
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with insurers doing business in the state of Michigan to accept (or, if needed, seek state legislation to mandate that said insurers accept) all ICD-10 codes that reasonably represent a patient's diagnosis with appropriate specificity for the information readily available to the physician at the time of service; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS work with insurers doing business in the state of Michigan to eliminate (or, if needed, seek state legislation to mandate that said insurers eliminate) ICD-10 codes that they choose not to accept, and that said insurers work with the Michigan Insurance Commission to provide physicians with a list of acceptable ICD-10 codes that all insurers doing business in the state of Michigan will accept as a standard.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Acceptance of ICD-10 Codes
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