ICD-10 Deadline set for October 1, 2015

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a rule on July 31 finalizing October 1, 2015, as the new compliance date for health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses to transition to ICD-10, the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases. This deadline allows providers, insurance companies and others in the health care industry time to ramp up their operations to ensure their systems and business processes are ready to go on October 1, 2015.

Information regarding ICD-10 implementation plans for NCTracks is forthcoming.