Rules Adopted to Reflect Conversion to ICD-10

The Louisiana Office of Workers' Compensation Administration has amended its Medical Treatment Guideline rules to include updated codes required by the conversion to the 10th edition of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. The office gave notices of the changes to Louisiana Administrative Code Sections 40:I.2519, 2701, 2705, 2707, 5101, 5113, 5315, and 5399 in the February edition of the Louisiana Register (page 295). The rules change includes a list of ICD-10 codes for which hospitals may automatically bill 85% of their usual billed charges, kno...