tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 30

Industry Notes: ICD-10 Transition May Be Only A Few Years Away

Plus: CMS busted for 'cooking books' You've got just over a month left before you need to update your diagnosis codes -- and you've only got three years left until the ICD-9 series is replaced by the new, overhauled ICD-10 codes, HHS announced last week. Although Oct. 1 -- the date you'll need to institute the new ICD-9 codes -- is fast approaching, the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealed that ICD-10 codes aren't too far behind. On Aug. 15, HHS announced its proposal to replace the ICD-9 codes with the ICD-10 series effective Oct. 1, 2011...

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