AMA Wants ICD-10 Mistakes to Not Count for Two Years

http://www.insidearm.com/news/00004241-ama-wants-icd-10-mistakes-to-not-count-fo/

The AMA’s House of Delegates last week continued its battle against ICD-10 adoption by seeking legislation to give physicians two years to learn the new codes.

“Many payers have said they won’t pay for unspecified codes – a common practice if a diagnosis has not yet been determined — or miscoded visits,” reports MedPage Today.

The House of Delegates approved a resolution to lobby Congress to require payors to reimburse physicians for claims that contain coding errors and to require payers to educate physicians about their mistakes.

The grace period for physicians would extend two years beyond the Oct. 1, 2014 effective date of ICD-10, the resolution stated.

Previously:

Head-Scratching Time: AMA Says Waiting for ICD-11 a Bad Idea

Medicare Refuses to Budge on ICD-10 Deadline

American Medical Association Refuses to Bend on Demand to Abandon ICD-10

CMS Not Backing Down to AMA on ICD-10 Conversion

AMA Panel Votes to Skip ICD-10, Expand Medicare/Medicaid Eligibility and Reimbursement