No Delay for ICD-10 Deadline, Tavenner Tells HIMSS

(Feb. 27, 2014)—According to modernhealthcare.com, providers, payers and claims clearinghouses can look for no relief from the looming, Oct. 1 compliance deadline for the nationwide conversion to the ICD-10 family of diagnostic and procedural codes, the head of the CMS said Thursday, Feb. 27. But some case-by-case exemptions will be made for providers having a tough time meeting their Stage 2 meaningful-use targets, she said.