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ICD-10 Delayed Another Year

Published on Mon Apr 21, 2014

As of Tuesday, April 1, President Obama signed the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (H.R. 4302) bill into law. The law requires the federal government to delay the adoption of ICD-10-CM/PCS for at least one year. Therefore, you won’t have to start using ICD-10 on Oct. 1, 2014 as planned. But experts warn that you shouldn’t stop preparing. [...]
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