DWC Starts Rulemaking to Delay ICD-10 Implementation

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Thursday posted to its website a proposed change to its Medical Billing and Payment Guide that would delay adoption of the 10th revision of the International Classification of Disease codes until October 2015. The division was set to require providers start using the new ICD-10 codes on Oct. 1, 2014, but President Obama on April 1 signed HR 4302 delaying until 2015 the requirement for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to adopt the latest codes. “Congressional action postponing the Oct. 1, 2014, ICD-10 transition date fo...