We can all sigh a breath of relief for now with everything else that is shaking in healthcare, this one could certainly be implemented down the road, once health IT is a bit better defined. BD
Although the compliance deadline has been pushed back by two years to 2013, the long-awaited and, by all accounts, expensive and difficult transition to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, code sets has officially begun.
HHS has released the final rule for implementing ICD-10 CM (Clinical Modification) and ICD10-PCS (Procedure Coding System), shifting the compliance deadline from Oct. 1, 2011, in the proposed rule, to Oct. 1, 2013. The proposed rule was issued last August and presented for public comments, which apparently affected the deadline change.
CMS extends ICD-10 deadline; AHIMA weighs in - Modern Healthcare
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