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Mark Your Calendar as CMS Announces ICD-10 Implementation Date

Published on Tue Oct 09, 2012

New implementation date will enable practices to make a smooth transition.If the suspense about ICD-10 effectiveness date was giving you sleepless nights, you can now rest easy, as CMS has officially released the implementation date for these code sets."We had previously covered the announcement (on Feb. 16, 2012) from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that the government intended to delay the implementation date for ICD-10 code sets." Now, after a delay of almost eight months, CMS, on Aug. 24, has announced the new date for ICD-10 code set implementation as Oct. 1, 2014.That's one year later than the October 2013 date by which gastroenterology practices (and other 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 proposed. The one-year [...]
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