On August 15, 2008, Health and Human Services announced two changes that will significantly affect us all in the healthcare industry:
- First, a proposed regulation on Aug. 15, 2008 notifying the industry that it intends to replace the ICD-9-CM code sets with the ICD-10 code sets, effective Oct. 1, 2011.
- Second, another proposed rule announcing that it will implement new electronic transaction standards, called version 5010 and version D.0., to support ICD-10 data formats. Health care organizations must begin using this new transaction standard April 1, 2010.
At ppoONE, we began to act immediately on these announcements and we want to provide you with some additional information via this link . . . (opens a browser window). We'd also like to hear any questions you may have at this time on the issues, so we included a form you can use to submit questions/comments. |
