tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2015 Issue 18

ICD-10: Prepare for Dual Coding on Workers' Comp Claims

Not all states are switching to ICD-10. Effective Oct. 1, you might need to use both ICD-9 as well as ICD-10 in specific cases as workers’ compensation payers do not need to make the switch. Check your state’s laws first. As of Aug. 25, just 21 of the U.S. states had agreed to start using ICD-10 on Oct. 1, 2015 for their inpatient and outpatient workers’ compensation claims, according to a study by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI). States such as Ohio, North Carolina and South Dakota are prepped and ready to accept ICD-10 codes...

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