The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released ICD-10-CM for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 on their website. These 2021 ICD-10-CM codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021 and for patient encounters occurring from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021. To access the FY 2021 ICD-10-CM new, revised and deleted ICD-10-CM codes effective October 1, 2020, click HERE. To access the files from the CMS website, click HERE.

On April 16, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal year (FY) 2021 proposed rule for facilities under the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS). Highlights of the proposed rule include the following: In the FY 2021 IRF PPS proposed rule, CMS is proposing to allow non-physician practitioners to perform any of the IRF coverage service and documentation duties that are currently required to be performed by a rehabilitation physician, provided that the duties are within the non-physician practitioner’s scope of practice under applicable state law CMS is proposing to no longer require