ICD-10 Coalition Urges Congress To Keep Oct. 1, 2015, Transition Date - iHealthBeat
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Last week, a coalition of health care groups sent a letter to House and Senate leaders urging them to ensure that ICD-10 implementation is not delayed again, Clinical Innovation & Technology reports (Walsh, Clinical Innovation & Technology, 11/18).
Background
U.S. health care organizations are working to transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 code sets to accommodate codes for new diseases and procedures.
In April, President Obama signed into law legislation (HR 4302) that pushed back the ICD-10 compliance date until at least October 2015.
In July, CMS announced a final rule that established Oct. 1, 2015, as the new ICD-10 compliance deadline for payers and providers still making the transition (iHealthBeat, 11/14).
Letter Details
The letter was written by a group of 15 organizations, which referred to themselves as the Coalition for ICD-10. The groups included:
The American Health Information Management Association;
America's Health Insurance Plans;
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives; and
The Healthcare Financial Management Association (Clinical Innovation & Technology, 11/18).
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