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When are new diagnosis codes effective?

April 26, 2017diagnosis effective

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When are new diagnosis codes effective?

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New ICD-9 diagnosis codes are always effective on October 1st of the current year. If services are correlated to old diagnosis codes prior to October 1st, the service will be rejected as the diagnosis reported was not valid at the time the service was performed.