Urology Coding Alert
Finally, You Can Plan Your ICD-10 Training With a Concrete Implementation Date
You'll have one additional year to prepare. CMS confirmed on Aug. 24 that ICD-10 will take effect on Oct. 1, 2014 -- one year later that the last deadline of Oct. 1, 2013. This announcement comes several months after HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on Feb. 16 that the government would be delaying the deadline for ICD-10 diagnosis coding, but failed to designate a new implementation date. But now you can mark your calendar in pen. That's one year later than the October 2013 date by which medical practices previously had been preparing to implement their new diagnosis coding systems. "Many provider groups have expressed serious concerns about their ability to meet the Oct. 1, 2013, compliance date," CMS said in a release last spring, when the delay was first announced. The one-year delay is meant to 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." The change was announced in the Sept. 5 edition of the Federal Register, which you can read by visiting http://federalregister.gov/a/2012-21238.
Urology Coding Alert
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