Goodbye, Grace: CMS Ends ICD-10 Flexibility Period


articleOct 3, 2016 | 6 min. read ICD-10 Reboot: New Codes in Effect for PTs, OTs, and SLPs On June 24, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the new 2017 ICD-10-CM codes that went into effect on October 1, 2016. According to Laurie Johnson, MS, RHIA, CPC-H, FAHIMA—the director of health information management (HIM) consulting services for Panacea Health Solutions, Inc. and author of this ICD10 Monitor article —there are “1, 974 additions, 311 deletions, and 425 revisions, ” resulting in a total of 71, 486 codes. Now, not all of …
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