Reminder: Comment period on ICD-10-CM proposed delay ends May 17
April 25, 2012
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Reminder: Comment period on ICD-10-CM proposed delay ends May 17
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On April 9, the US Department of Health and Human Services issued a proposed rule calling for a one year delay in the ICD-10-CM/PCS compliance deadline.
The proposed rule would postpone the compliance date by which providers and industry have to adopt ICD-10-CM by one year, from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on April 17, followed by a 30 day period during which CMS will take comments.
Comments should be submitted to HHS no later than 5:00 pm ET on May 17, 2012.
Proposed Rule
The Proposed Rule documentation can be found on this page in PDF and HTML formats:
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=CMS-2012-0043-0001
Administrative Simplification: Adoption of a Standard for a Unique Health Plan Identifier; Addition to the National Provider Identifier Requirements; and a Change to the Compliance Date for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Medical Data Code Sets
Document ID: CMS-2012-0043-0001 Document Type: Proposed Rule
Docket ID: CMS-2012-0043 RIN:
More information on the proposed rule is available from this CMS fact sheet
HHS PROPOSES ONE-YEAR DELAY OF ICD-10 COMPLIANCE DATE (CMS-0040-P)
Submitting comment
Submitting comment by post:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Attention: CMS–0040–P
P.O. Box 8013
Baltimore, MD 21244–8013
Submitting comment online:
Go to the Federal Regulations website, here:
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=CMS-2012-0043-0001
Hit the Submit a Comment button, top right of web page
http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=CMS-2012-0043-0001
For delivery by hand see the Alternate Ways to Comment pop up, top right of Submit a Comment page.
Related material
Press release: April 9, 2012
Summary Proposal Rule
This proposed rule would implement section 1104 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (hereinafter referred to as the Affordable Care Act) by establishing new requirements for administrative transactions that would improve the utility of the existing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) transactions and reduce administrative burden and costs. It proposes the adoption of the standard for a national unique health plan identifier (HPID) and requirements or provisions for the implementation of the HPID. This rule also proposes the adoption of a data element that will serve as an other entity identifier (OEID), an identifier for entities that are not health plans, health care providers, or “individuals,” that need to be identified in standard transactions. This proposed rule would also specify the circumstances under which an organization covered health care provider must require certain noncovered individual health care providers who are prescribers to obtain and disclose an NPI. Finally, this rule proposes to change the compliance date for the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) for diagnosis coding, including the Official ICD-10-CM Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, and the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) for inpatient hospital procedure coding, including the Official ICD-10-PCS Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014.
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Reminder: Comment period on ICD-10-CM proposed delay ends May 17
April 25, 2012 by meagenda
Reminder: Comment period on ICD-10-CM proposed delay ends May 17
Post #159 Shortlink: http://wp.me/pKrrB-23H
On April 9, the US Department of Health and Human Services issued a proposed rule calling for a one year delay in the ICD-10-CM/PCS compliance deadline.
The proposed rule would postpone the compliance date by which providers and industry have to adopt ICD-10-CM by one year, from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on April 17, followed by a 30 day period during which CMS will take comments.
Comments should be submitted to HHS no later than 5:00 pm ET on May 17, 2012.
Proposed Rule
More information on the proposed rule is available from this CMS fact sheet
HHS PROPOSES ONE-YEAR DELAY OF ICD-10 COMPLIANCE DATE (CMS-0040-P)
Submitting comment
Submitting comment by post:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Attention: CMS–0040–P
P.O. Box 8013
Baltimore, MD 21244–8013
Submitting comment online:
Go to the Federal Regulations website, here:
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=CMS-2012-0043-0001
Hit the Submit a Comment button, top right of web page
http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=CMS-2012-0043-0001
For delivery by hand see the Alternate Ways to Comment pop up, top right of Submit a Comment page.
Related material
Press release: April 9, 2012
Summary Proposal Rule
This proposed rule would implement section 1104 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (hereinafter referred to as the Affordable Care Act) by establishing new requirements for administrative transactions that would improve the utility of the existing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) transactions and reduce administrative burden and costs. It proposes the adoption of the standard for a national unique health plan identifier (HPID) and requirements or provisions for the implementation of the HPID. This rule also proposes the adoption of a data element that will serve as an other entity identifier (OEID), an identifier for entities that are not health plans, health care providers, or “individuals,” that need to be identified in standard transactions. This proposed rule would also specify the circumstances under which an organization covered health care provider must require certain noncovered individual health care providers who are prescribers to obtain and disclose an NPI. Finally, this rule proposes to change the compliance date for the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) for diagnosis coding, including the Official ICD-10-CM Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, and the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) for inpatient hospital procedure coding, including the Official ICD-10-PCS Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014.
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