Diagnosis Coding:
CMS Settles On One-Year Delay For ICD-10
Published on Fri Apr 13, 2012
Don't count on the delay quite yet, coding expert warns. Home care providers have been wondering how to make contingency plans since the feds announced they'd be delaying the deadline for ICD-10 diagnosis coding, but failed to designate a new implementation date. Now the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has nailed down its proposed new deadline: Oct. 1, 2014. That's one year later than the October 2013 date currently in effect. CMS made the proposal in a rule that also includes other HIPAA-related provisions. "Many provider groups have expressed serious concerns about their ability to meet the Oct. 1, 2013, compliance date," CMS says in a release. "The proposed change in the compliance date for ICD-10 would give providers and other covered entities more time to prepare and fully test their systems to ensure a smooth and coordinated transition to these new code sets." Some home care providers are [...]