tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2014 Issue 9

Diagnosis Codes: Expect Limited Updates to Both Code Sets

Delay doesn’t extend the freeze. Even though Medicare extended the deadline to convert from ICD-9 to ICD-10 until Oct. 1, 2015, the agency didn’t fully extend the freeze on changes to those code sets.   Remember: Prior to the implementation delay, CMS had agreed to freeze changes to ICD-9 and ICD-10 during the transition year.    Change: Now that the implementation is delayed by one year, CMS has said that for Oct. 1, 2014, there will be limited code updates to both the ICD-9 and ICD-10 code sets to capture new technologies and diseases. For Oct...

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