ICD-10 Implementation Delayed

February 2009

On January 16th, 2009, the U.S. government published final rules to amend regulations of the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).  The 5010 version of the HIPAA 837 Claims Transaction will become mandatory on January 1st, 2012.  Use of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) will become mandatory on October 1st, 2013, instead of October 1st, 2011.