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Next Year To Be Last ICD-9 Code Update

Published on Wed Sep 01, 2010

CMS has followed through on its proposal to update the ICD-9 code set one last time on Oct. 1, 2011. In 2012, no ICD-9 codes will be added to the set except for those updates required for new technologies and diseases. That's the word from the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting, held Sept. 15 and 16. In 2013, there will be limited code updates to the ICD-10 code set to capture new technologies and diagnoses, CMS's Pat Brooks explained at the meeting. ICD-9 will no longer be used for reporting purposes, so no updates to that code set will take place. Starting Oct. 1, 2014, regular updates to ICD-10 will begin, Brooks said.
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