HME software company TeamDME! is reporting that the Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Service (CMS) has begun returning paid ERAs for claims submitted by its users with ICD-10 diagnosis codes for claims with dates-of-service on or after Oct 1.
CMS set an Oct. 1 deadline for switching to the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10). The ICD-10 transfer represents a massive expansion in the codes used to classify disease states. The new revision moves from ICD-9’s 3,824 procedure codes and 14,025 diagnosis codes to a considerably more detailed 71,924 procedure codes and 69,823 diagnosis codes.
A statement from TeamDME! said it eased the transition seamless by educating HME providers using its system on the conversion via newsletters and online webinars, as well as providing tools to assist clients with the transition. The change was “almost too easy," Leigh McNellis of Spokane, Wash. Provider Peaks and Plains Medical Inc.