Grace Period for ICD-10 ends October 1, 2016
It seems like only yesterday that all healthcare providers in the United States were apprehensive and worried about having to begin coding using ICD-10 back on October 1, 2015. The good news for many was the agreement by Medicare and several other private payers to delay denial of claims and suspend chart audits based on lack of specificity of the ICD–10 code(s). Beginning October 1, 2016 this “grace period” ends. The question for many is what should you do now?