Next ICD-10 Acknowledgement Testing Week Begins March 2

To help you prepare for the transition to ICD-10, CMS offers acknowledgement testing for current direct submitters (providers and clearinghouses) to test with the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and the Durable Medical Equipment (DME) MAC Common Electronic Data Interchange (CEDI) contractor anytime up to the Oct. 1, 2015, implementation date.

CMS previously conducted two successful acknowledgement testing weeks in March 2014 and Nov. 2014. These acknowledgement testing weeks give submitters access to real-time help desk support and allow CMS to analyze testing data.

Registration is not required for these virtual events. Mark your calendar:

March 2-6, 2015

June 1-5, 2015

How to participate:

Information is available on your MAC website or through your clearinghouse (if you use a clearinghouse to submit claims to Medicare). Any provider who submits claims electronically can participate in acknowledgement testing.

What you can expect during testing:

• Test claims will receive the 277CA or 999 acknowledgement as appropriate, to confirm that the claim was accepted or rejected in the system.
• Test claims will be subject to all current front-end edits, including edits for valid National Provider Identifiers (NPIs), Provider Transaction Access Numbers (PTANs), and codes, including Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) and place of service.
• Testing will not confirm claim payment or produce a Remittance Advice (RA) MACs and CEDI will be staffed to handle increased call volume during this week.