ICD-10 Delay in the Offing?
After continued insistence that new ICD-10 medical coding would be implemented as scheduled, by October 1, 2013, federal officials now appear to be leaving the door open to delaying the new system’s launch.
Marilyn Tavenner, acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), has told a number of groups that her agency will re-examine its implementation schedule for the new coding system.
Read more about the issue and the challenges surrounding it in this Wall Street Journal article.
