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Begin Prep for ICD-10 and HIPAA Form Changes

Published on Fri Jul 24, 2009

Tip: Make sure your software vendor is preparing, too. Changes are on the horizon, and although 2012 and 2013 seem far off, you'll be scrambling if you don't start preparing now. By Jan. 1, 2012, you'll have to be ready to submit your claims electronically using the new HIPAA 5010 form. Following that change, you'll soon after have to be ready to change from the ICD-9 diagnosis system that you've become accustomed to and start using the new ICD-10 system. Get to Know HIPAA 5010 You'll have to get used to a new HIPAA 5010 form (which replaces the 4010 form) as a prerequisite to submitting ICD-10 codes, CMS says in MLN Matters article SE0904, issued on May 5 of this year. The problem: You won't be able to submit ICD-10 codes without this new form, so start preparing. CMS advises practices that they "must be ready to submit claims [...]
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