ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert

The ICD-10 Final Rule released announces implementation delay until October 2014; but don't wait too long to get up to speed on the new system.The ICD-10 final rule was released in late August, which includes a decision on the proposed delay for mandatory compliance. This final rule changes the compliance date for the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) for diagnosis coding, including the Official ICD-10-CM Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, and the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD--10--PCS) for inpatient hospital procedure coding, including the Official ICD--10--PCS for Coding and Reporting, from October 1, 2013 to October1, 2014. CMS Offered An Explanation for Its Decision To DelayCMS explained its decision was based on some providers' concerns about being able to meet the ICD-10 compliance date because of problems they had meeting the compliance deadline for the adopted Associated Standard Committee's (ASC) X12 [...]