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CMS Commits to 2015 Transition, Clarifies Testing

Published on Tue Sep 02, 2014

The agency also offers way out for the latecomers. Although the latest ICD-10 implementation date was proposed as Oct. 1, 2015, it wasn’t set in stone—until now. On July 31, CMS announced that the 2015 date has been finalized as the deadline for ICD-10 implementation. After Sept. 30, 2015, ICD-9 codes will no longer be accepted. Because the date has [...]
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