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CMS Proposes One-Year ICD-10 Delay

Published on Sun May 13, 2012

Don't miss: New date isn't yet set in stone. Practices have been wondering how to make contingency plans ever since HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on Feb. 16 that the government would be delaying the deadline for CPT Codes diagnosis coding, but failed to designate a new implementation date. Now CMS has nailed down its proposed new deadline: Oct. 1, 2014. That's one year later than the October 2013 date currently in effect. CMS made the proposal in a rule that also includes other HIPAA-related provisions. "Many provider groups have expressed serious concerns about their ability to meet the Oct. 1, 013, compliance date," CMS says in a release. "The proposed change in the compliance date for ICD-10 would give providers and other covered entities more time to prepare and fully test their systems to ensure a smooth and coordinated transition to these new code sets." Don't Mark Your Calendar [...]
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