International Classification Of Diseases: CMS’s Efforts To Prepare For The New Version Of The Disease & Procedure Codes

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has undertaken a number of efforts to prepare for the October 1, 2015, transition to the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) codes, which are used for documenting patient medical diagnoses and inpatient medical procedures. This report was released in January of 2015. The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review the transition to ICD-10 codes. GAO evaluated the status of CMS’s activities to support covered entities in the transition from ICD-9 to . . .