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Hospital Associations Push to Keep ICD-10 on Schedule - ACA International

Dec 09, 2014



Congress could vote on another delay in the implementation of the updated medical coding system.



Leading U.S. hospital associations have submitted a letter to Congress strongly opposing any further delays in the implementation of the ICD-10 medical coding system scheduled for Oct. 15, 2015.



ICD-10 is replacing ICD-9 as the system to report medical diagnoses and inpatient procedures. All HIPAA-covered entities will be required to make the transition



Implementation of ICD-10 has been delayed twice, according to a HealthLeaders Media article. It was announced in 2009 and initially scheduled to start in 2013.



The system was then scheduled to take effect on Oct. 1, 2014, but was delayed by Congress as part of a bill that also delayed Medicare reimbursement cuts, according to the article.





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