CMS issues article on
ICD-10 implementation - The Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services' Medicare Learning Network has issued an
article on implementing the ICD-10 coding system, which will replace
the ICD-9 coding system for medical diagnosis and inpatient hospital
procedures on Oct. 1, 2013. The first compliance deadline associated
with the change is the transition to the Version 5010 standard for
electronic transactions on Jan. 1, 2012.
