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Implementation Delay:

You Have At Least 1 More Year for ICD-10 Prep

Published on Wed Apr 09, 2014

Don’t fall into theprocrastination trap. “The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not, prior to October 1, 2015, adopt ICD–10 code sets as the standard for code sets.” So states the brief tag-on paragraph in the April 1 law, “The Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014.” What this means for your lab: You have at least one more [...]
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