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The percentage of Medicare Part B patients who received a telehealth service declined to 23% in 2025 after holding steady at 25% for two years. Government turmoil and uncertainty might be responsible for the dip.
 
 
Continue your team’s training on new coding guidance for existing diagnosis codes. This overview covers updated instructions such as clarifying terms, Excludes notes and Code also notes that will go into effect Oct. 1, in ICD-10-CM chapters 11, 14, 15, 18, 19 and 21.
 
 
Discover an important update to your continuing education unit (CEU) access, as DecisionHealth readies to launch a new and improved platform for Part B News subscribers.
 
 
Patient relationship modifiers (X1-X5) aren’t mandatory but Medicare Part B claims data shows that a variety of specialists use them to indicate the nature of the treating provider’s relationship with a patient.
 
Take note of the differences between the proposed and final versions of the ICD-10-CM code set. The ICD-10-CM Coordination & Maintenance Committee added six new codes that describe a personal history of gender transition (Z87.8901-Z87.8909 and Z87.893) that were not featured in the April release of the proposed codes. In addition, the committee changed course on its proposal to delete C75.9 (Malignant neoplasm of endocrine gland, unspecified).

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