up to interpretation
it's anyone's guess, but I would say no. This is how the Bill reads ...
"SEC. 212. DELAY IN TRANSITION FROM ICD?9 TO ICD?10 CODE SETS.
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 under section 1173(c) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d?2(c)) and section 162.1002 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. "
This was the interpretation from an article in the HIM-HIPAA Insider -
"Notice that the language in the bill says CMS may not require ICD-10 ?prior to October 1, 2015.? That doesn?t mean October 1, 2015, would be the new implementation date. So the date could get pushed back to 2016 or 2017. It will also reignite the debate about whether we should just wait for ICD-11."
I know that my company has invested a LOT of money so far in prep for the 10/01/14 timeline, to have to delay will disgust a lot of our physician champions but to have to wait for ICD-11 will mean more money.