To help with the transition to the ICD-10 coding system, CMS has announced a partial code set freeze beginning in Oct. 2011, according to AHA News and other industry reports. The schedule outlined by ...

395 new diagnosis codes have been proposed by CMS for fiscal year 2024. CMS recently released the fiscal year 2024 inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule, and with it came the annual ...

Eighty-eight percent of test claims were accepted during the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid's second round of ICD-10 testing in April, the agency announced Tuesday. That compares with an 81 percent ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has its work cut out in transitioning to ICD-10. As the largest payer and the force driving the new code sets in the United States, CMS has a task at ...

With the clock ticking toward implementation of ICD-10, CMS is letting providers and physicians know that nothing will stop the new codes from becoming the law of the land. CMS Deputy Administrator ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services estimate that the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 will cost the healthcare industry $1.64 billion, according to a Wall Street Journal Health Blog report.

In a move that should signify that there will be no further surprise delays to the switch to ICD-10 coding, the American Medical Association has publicly expressed support for newly announced ...

A new ICD-10 deadline is almost upon the healthcare industry. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said late Thursday it expects the Department of Health and Human Services to "release an ...