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Outpatient Code Editor (OCE)

OCE Quarterly Release Specifications

This page provides the draft and final quarterly Integrated OCE instructions and specifications that will be utilized under the OPPS and Non-OPPS for hospital outpatient departments, community mental health centers (CMHCs), for all non-OPPS providers, and for limited services when provided in a home health agency (HHA) not under the Home Health Prospective Payment System or to a hospice patient for the treatment of a non-terminal illness.  

Attachment A contains the IOCE Specifications and Attachment B contains the IOCE Summary of Data Changes.

Comments about the Integrated OCE instructions and specifications may be directed to staff via the following email: CMS_OCEIntegration@cms.hhs.gov 

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