Only 25% of providers have begun external testing for ICD-10

Just 25 percent of providers have begun external testing for ICD-10, according to the latest study from the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange.

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Here are three other key points from the survey.

•    More than 50 percent of vendors, health plans and providers find compliance data uncertainty the biggest obstacle to successful ICD-10 implementation.
•    More than 50 percent of health plans have begun external testing.
•    Approximately 60 percent of vendors reported their products were available and had begun customer testing.

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