Changes

The deadline for the United States to begin using Clinical Modification ICD-10 Clinical Modification|(ICD-10-CM ) for diagnosis coding and Procedure Coding System ICD-10 Procedure Coding System|(ICD-10-PCS ) for inpatient hospital procedure coding is set at October 1, 2015, another year delayed from the previous 2014 deadline. The deadline prior was October 1, 2013. All HIPAA "covered entities" must make the change; a pre-requisite prerequisite to ICD-10 is the adoption of Electronic Data Interchange|EDI Version 5010 by January 1, 2012. Enforcement of 5010 transition by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), however, was postponed by CMS until March 31, 2012, with the federal agency citing numerous factors, including slow software upgrades. The implementation of ICD-10 has been subject to previous delays. In January 2009, the date was pushed back by two years, to October 1, 2013 rather than a prior proposal of October 1, 2011. The most recent pushback push back of the implementation date has inspired a mixed reaction from the healthcare community.