Manual Update on Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) Services?Transmittal 673
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Regulatory News Topic
CMS Change Request (CR) 3955 released September 9, 2005, updates Medicare Claims Processing Manual policies to reflect a change in the definition of diabetes mellitus for the purposes of billing Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT).
Date of Insight Article
9-Nov-05
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