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ICD-10-CM/PCS

ICD-10 Compliance Date
On April 1, 2014, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) (Pub. L. No. 113-93) was enacted, which said that the Secretary may not adopt ICD-10 prior to October 1, 2015. Accordingly, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services expects to release an interim final rule in the near future that will include a new compliance date that would require the use of ICD-10 beginning October 1, 2015. The rule will also require HIPAA covered entities to continue to use ICD-9-CM through September 30, 2015.

July ICD-10 End-to-End Testing Canceled: Additional Testing Planned for 2015
CMS planned to conduct ICD-10 testing during the week of July 21 through 25, 2014, to give a sample group of providers the opportunity to participate in end-to-end testing with Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and the Common Electronic Data Interchange (CEDI) contractor. The July testing has been canceled due to the ICD-10 implementation delay. Additional opportunities for end-to-end testing will be available in 2015.

The ICD-10 code sets contain more than 155,000 codes and accommodate a host of new diagnoses and procedures. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website provides a dedicated ICD-10 web page which offers a variety of resources to assist providers with the ICD-10 implementation. Below are just some of the resources available on the CMS ICD-10 website.

ICD-10 Testing Week

To help you prepare for this transition, CMS announced a national testing week for current direct submitters (providers and clearinghouses) from March 3 through March 7, 2014. For more information, refer to the "ICD-10 Testing Week: March 3-7, 2014" and the "ICD-10 Checklist" Web pages.

CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS Resources

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Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Matters Articles

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ICD-10-CM/PCS Resources Offered By Other Organizations

  • AAPCExternal Website (American Academy of Professional Coders)
  • AHIMAExternal Website (American Health Information Management Association)
  • HIMSSExternal Website (Health Information and Management Systems Society)
  • WEDIExternal Website (Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange)
  • WHOExternal Website (World Health Organization)

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Updated: 05.15.14

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