CMS & AMA Announce Plans To Help Providers Transition To ICD-10

The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is used to standardize codes for medical conditions and procedures. With less than three months remaining until the United States switches from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding for medical diagnoses and inpatient hospital procedures, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) are announcing plans to continue to help physicians get ready ahead of the October 1, 2015 deadline. In response to requests from the provider community, CMS is releasing additional guidance that will allow for flexibility in the claims auditing and quality reporting process as the . . .