Start preparing now for the ICD-10 transition
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced an implementation date of October 1, 2013, for the transition to the new ICD-10 code set standards from the current ICD-9 coding system and January 1, 2012, for the transition to version 5010 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-Administrative Simplification (HIPAA-AS) standard electronic transactions.