CMS has announced end-to-end testing for ICD-10 will take place July 21-25. The testing will allow providers to submit ICD-10 test claims to CMS and receive a Remittance Advice notice that explains ...

American Medical Association President and CEO James L. Madara, MD, has urged HHS to reconsider making physicians convert to ICD-10. In a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius this month, Dr.

About 10 percent of claims filed under ICD-10 have been denied since the coding vocabulary became the norm on October 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Thursday, though only a ...

On Oct. 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will add another 5,500 codes to the ICD-10 diagnostic library, officials announced in a March 9 meeting. The addition will come exactly one ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday said it will not deny claims under the Part B physician fee schedule based on ICD-10 coding errors, a decision supported by bitter ICD-10 ...

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.

CMS recently released ICD-10 clarifications to dispel confusion about external causes of morbidity codes, which will replace ICD-9-CM E-codes, according to an AAPC report. These codes can be found in ...

The Department of Health and Human Services "expects to release an interim final rule in the near future that will include a new compliance date that would require the use of ICD-10 beginning October ...