Diagnosis Codes:
Expect Limited Updates to Both Code Sets
Published on Tue Aug 12, 2014
Delay doesn’t extend the freeze. Even though Medicare extended the deadline to convert from ICD-9 to ICD-10 until Oct. 1, 2015, the agency didn’t fully extend the freeze on changes to those code sets. Remember: Prior to the implementation delay, CMS had agreed to freeze changes to ICD-9 and ICD-10 during the transition year. Change: Now that the [...]