HHS Releases ICD-10 code set with new compliance date

The Department of Health and Human Services has released the long-awaited ICD-10 code set and set a new compliance date of Oct. 1, 2013. The new date gives providers, now using the ICD-9 code set, an additional two years to prepare for compliance. HHS also released an updated X12 standard, Version 5010, for certain electronic healthcare transactions; an updated version of the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) standard, Version D.0, for electronic pharmacy-related transactions; and a standard for Medicaid pharmacy subrogation transactions. HHS extended the deadline for X12 standard, Version 5010 by 21 months from the date set in the proposed rule, to Jan. 1, 2012. Small health plans have a compliance deadline for X12, Version 5010 of Jan. 1, 2013. The AMCNO will continue to provide updates to our members as this issue moves forward. To view the final rule go to http://frwebgate3.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/PDFgate.cgi?WAISdocID=73795420043+0+2+0&WAISaction=retrieve