The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services continue to hold firm to the Oct. 1, 2014 conversion date to ICD-10, and has recently released a series of tools and timelines to help healthcare providers of all shapes and sizes make that deadline.
CMS has published implementation guides, checklists, and timelines to “provide step-by-step guidance around the transitions,” the federal agency announced on its website.
The ICD-10 implementation guides provide detailed information for planning and executing the ICD-10 transition:
The agency also released checklists and timelines with ICD-10 tasks and estimated timeframes: