CMS currently is not mandating rigorous end-to-end testing, but doing so will ensure the coding system actually works so practices and physicians can get appropriately paid.
In a letter to HHS, MGMA President Susan Turney, MD, lauded the mandate for front-end testing, but said the move is still insufficient to preparing practices for the October 2014 ICD-10 deadline.
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