The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act requires all code sets to be valid at the time services are provided. This means that ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS midyear and end-of-year coding updates must be implemented immediately so accurate codes are reported on claims. Midyear updates are implemented on __________, while end-of-year updates are implemented on __________

a. April 1; October 1
b. August 1; February 1
c. July 1; January 1
d. June 1; December 1

a

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