tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2012 Issue 5

ICD-10: ICD-10 Date Will Be Postponed, HHS Confirms

Delay could offer practices additional time to prepare for new diagnosis coding system. If you have been worrying about the looming Oct. 1, 2013 ICD-10 implementation date, you can breathe a small sigh of relief -- but don't rest for too long, experts warn. HHS Delay Follows CMS Hints On Feb. 16, 2012, the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen G. Sebelius announced that HHS would initiate a process to postpone the date by which certain health care entities have to comply with ICD-10. The new compliance date will be announced at a future date. "ICD-10...

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