To help with the transition to the ICD-10 coding system, CMS has announced a partial code set freeze beginning in Oct. 2011, according to AHA News and other industry reports. The schedule outlined by ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has its work cut out in transitioning to ICD-10. As the largest payer and the force driving the new code sets in the United States, CMS has a task at ...

Eighty-eight percent of test claims were accepted during the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid's second round of ICD-10 testing in April, the agency announced Tuesday. That compares with an 81 percent ...

395 new diagnosis codes have been proposed by CMS for fiscal year 2024. CMS recently released the fiscal year 2024 inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule, and with it came the annual ...

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With the clock ticking toward implementation of ICD-10, CMS is letting providers and physicians know that nothing will stop the new codes from becoming the law of the land. CMS Deputy Administrator ...

In a move that should signify that there will be no further surprise delays to the switch to ICD-10 coding, the American Medical Association has publicly expressed support for newly announced ...

Marilyn Tavenner, acting CMS administrator, told a conference of the American Medical Association today that CMS may “re-examine the pace at which we implement ICD-10,” according to a report from The ...

In a significant concession to organized medicine, the Medicare program yesterday announced a 1-year grace period for claims bearing the fastidious ICD-10 diagnostic codes that go into effect October ...

A new ICD-10 deadline is almost upon the healthcare industry. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said late Thursday it expects the Department of Health and Human Services to "release an ...

CMS proposed 1,495 changes to the ICD-10-CM diagnostic code set in its proposed Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule released April 18. A large slew of the proposed changes focus on brain illness ...