HHS confirms ICD-10 transition date of Oct. 1, 2015

A final rule from HHS has officially confirmed Oct. 1, 2015 will be the compliance deadline for U.S. healthcare providers to begin using the ICD-10 coding system.

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The ICD-10 transition was delayed in March, when language included in the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, or so-called “doc fix bill,” stated HHS cannot require healthcare providers to switch to ICD-10 until at least Oct. 1, 2015, a year later than the previous deadline.

The final rule resolves the uncertainty created by the legislation, which did not give an explicit transition date.

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