AHIMA February 21, 2022
At the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee meeting in March 2021, an announcement was made that there was consideration of an annual April 1 implementation date for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS code updates in addition to the October 1 date. This announcement was followed by its inclusion in the FY 2022 Proposed Rule for Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). The proposed rule requested that comments be submitted regarding an April 1 implementation date. After hearing comments at the C&M Committee meeting and reading submitted comments from the proposed rule, the FY 2022 IPPS Final Rule confirmed the adoption of the additional annual implementation date of April 1.
The new ICD-10-CM/PCS codes for April 1, 2022, implementation were released by the...
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