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Editor Addition:
In the e-mail I posted that the new date for ICD-10 was Oct 1, 2015 (after finding said information in more than three good sources). In investigating further, we crawled through the CMS website and this is the wording posted:
"On April 1, 2014, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) (Pub. L. No. 113-93) was enacted, which said that the Secretary may not adopt ICD-10 prior to October 1, 2015. Accordingly, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services expects to release an interim final rule in the near future with a new compliance date for the use of ICD-10 codes beginning October 1, 2015. The rule will also require HIPAA covered entities to continue to use ICD-9-CM through September 30, 2015. "
So, the current date that has been listed of Oct. 1, 2015 is really wishful/hopeful thinking by everyone. (Although it does look like CMS is hopeful for the same thing.) According to the above paragraph the "interim final rule" has yet to be created or released, after which there is always a 60-day comment period, and then, eventually, a final rule will be issued. There is no date on this note on the CMS website either, so we'll all have to check back into this page to see when some movement begins to occur. So, continue not panicking, and definitely continue to prepare for ICD-10 implementation.
