House Bill Says 23 Years Isn’t Long Enough for Transition to ICD-10

All across the country hospitals have been bracing for the scheduled Oct. 1, 2015, transition from ICD-9 coding to ICD-10.  It had been scheduled for Oct. 1, 2014, but the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 delayed it until Oct. 1, 2015.  Before that it was scheduled for Oct. 1, 2013, but in 2012 the …

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