Unless there is another delay, the United States will transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 in all health care settings on October 1, 2015. This will not be a gradual transition as there will be no grace ...

The first successful end-to-end test of ICD-10 coding scored more than eight out of 10 correctly, prompting outgoing CMS administrator Marilyn Tavenner to proclaim that "CMS is ready for ICD-10." ...

"CMS is ready for ICD-10," said outgoing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner this week, pointing to 660 providers and billing companies that submitted some 15,000 ...

Y2K came and went, and it was quite a letdown for the “gloom and doomers.” Amidst the hype, it seemed like Y2K would have a huge impact on many aspects of our daily lives, but the clock struck 12:01 ...

Of nearly 15,000 test claims received by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid for the first round of end-to-end ICD-10 testing, 81 percent were accepted, according to statistics revealed by the agency ...

Analyzing the impact that ICD-10 will have on all aspects of physician practice workflow is an important step in preparation, according to a Physicians Practice report. • Front desk: Front desk staff ...

CMS may reconsider its decision not to conduct ICD-10 end-to-end testing with physician offices, according to a Medpage Today report. The decision change could stem from the troubles with the ...

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After two rounds of end-to-end ICD-10 testing, the results at the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance are "scary," executive director Holt Anderson told the Medical Group ...

ICD-10 test sees 88 percent claims pass, few coding errors, CMS says Of the 23,138 claims filed, 20,306 were accepted, though most of the rejections were caused by issues not related to ICD-10.

The first ICD-10 end-to-end testing week demonstrated positive results — 81 percent of submitted test claims were accepted, according to CMS. More than 600 healthcare organizations including providers ...