Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced a final rule establishing October 1, 2015, as the new ICD-10 compliance date.
The final rule, scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on August 4, implements Section 212 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) of 2014 which became law on April 1 delaying the ICD-10 implementation deadline from October 1, 2014 to October 1, 2015.
The final rule not only establishes October 1, 2015, as the new ICD-10 compliance date but also requires the continued use of ICD-9-CM through September 30, 2015.
The one-year delay in the ICD-10 code switchover will take a financial toll on the healthcare industry, according to CMS, which estimates the cost to HIPAA covered entities will be $1.1 billion to $6.8 billion. However, the final rule from CMS concludes that a one-year delay--as opposed to a longer delay--will be the “least costly and most fiscally responsible way to implement the requirements of section 212 of PAMA." Because a delay of longer than one year would slow or even stop progress towards ICD-10 implementation, the final rule establishes the “shortest delay permitted by law, which is one year.”
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