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Oct 01, 2015 More on ICD-10 & Coding

ICD-10 arrives: Live updates, reactions from the first day of the code change

The ICD-10 diagnostic code set is live at last. Follow our live blog for the latest.

Henry Powderly

It's October 1, 2015, the ICD-10 diagnostic code set is live at last, and medical professionals now have nearly 70,000 codes to choose from when filing patient claims.

Healthcare Finance and sister site Healthcare IT News will be reporting on the changeover throughout the day, using the live blog below to highlight the latest news, real-time reactions and frequent updates from our cadre of volunteer ICD-10 correspondents, a group of healthcare insiders who have agreed to keep us posted on what they're seeing post-switchover.

Bookmark this page, which updates automatically when new items are posted, to stay on top of Thursday's moment of truth.

 

Twitter: @HenryPowderly

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