ICD-10: The 100 Day Countdown Begins!
- By Michelle Dick
- In AAPC News
- June 24, 2015
- 3 Comments
June 22, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in an email blast press release that the 100 day countdown to ICD-10 implementation has begun.
Check out AAPC’s ICD-10 resources to ensure you are on track for the October 1, 2015 compliance date of the new diagnosis coding system.
The CMS website is chock full of resources, as well, including a Quick Start Guide and an ICD-10 Issue Reporting System. You can keep track of how much time you have left with the CMS countdown ticker.
Michelle Dick
Michelle A. Dick, BS, is a freelance content specialist, providing writing, editorial expertise, and graphic imagery to clients. Prior to becoming a free agent, she was an executive editor for AAPC, editor-in-chief at Eli Research, and editor at Element K Journals. After earning a Bachelor of Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo State, Dick entered the publishing industry as a graphic artist, ad coordinator, and web designer for White Directory Publishers, Inc.
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Am I the only one balking at taking an new exam required to keep my certification? It looks like the ICD-10 proficiency assessment (another word for exam) costs as much as or more than the standard exam for certification. We have all already passed the exam for AAPC certification and having to take another expensive exam to remain certified seems to me to be over the top and just another way AAPC wants more money. Lately, every day they send emails to members trying to get more money for something else. When I was first certified in 2008, the emails sent were truly helpful and inspirational. I don’t know what happened in the last few years, but we should protest this. Thank you for letting me get this off my chest.
icd10 only few days remaining, need to gear up for using it in future to all medical coders…
http://www.americanmedicalcoding.com/basic-differences-between-icd-9-icd-10/
I am a 2014 graduate of Centura College, South Chesterfield, Richmond, Virginia. I am NRCCS certified. It ends 12/15/15. I am in dire need of direction to continue to persue this field. I need ICD10 training as well as instruction in staying certified. Please help! Thank You.
Anne M Coley. annemcoley@yahoo.com