July 13, 2015: As the October 1 startup date for the ICD-10 coding system creeps closer and closer, the compliance picture seems to be brightening, just as the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announces that it’s taking a somewhat softer approach to how it will handle provider mistakes in the new system.
Source: APTA Feed
ICD-10 Testing Rates Improve, CMS Offers Concession for Certain Coding Errors