The Looming Problem in Healthcare EDI On January 15, 2009, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the final rules for the updated X12 transaction sets, version 005010, to used in conjunction with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The final compliance date is January, 2013. At the same [...]
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In a recent webinar about issues that the healthcare industry will soon need to face about upgrading compliancy from HIPAA version 4 (4010) to version 5 (5010), we also mentioned how similar issues affect the upgrade from ICD-9 to ICD-10. The International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) classifies diseases, symptoms, injuries and [...]
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