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Strategies for your ICD-10 implementation plan

Last week, HHS announced October 1, 2013, as the final implementation date for ICD-10-CM/PCS. ICD-10 was adopted for all diagnosis coding and for inpatient procedure coding. Also adopted were the standards changing the electronic claim format to accommodate the expanded ICD-10 codes.

For providers who have not begun preparing for ICD-10, this is a wake up call to start preparations. Not only will coders need to be retrained in the new coding system, but many other systems will have to be updated to accommodate this change. Providers will need to work with virtually all of their software vendors to implement this change. One of the most difficult parts of the transition, as we have experienced with the NPI, is not our own preparations, but awaiting CMS guidance on changes to their systems and policies. [more]