2017 ICD-10 Codes Available for Download

CMS has made available the updated ICD-10-CM  Code list for 2017. These codes take effect on October 1, 2016. This is the first update to the initial set of ICD-10 codes that first went into effect on October 1, 2015. ICD-10 requires health professionals to code to the highest degree of specificity. CMS stated that for the first year (October 1, 2015 – September 30, 2016), it would not audit claims for lack of diagnosis code specificity. Providers should note that this one-year grace period will definitively end on October 1, 2016. Though claims won’t be affected on the front end, CMS will begin to audit claims based on lack of specificity in October 2016.

Source: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/2017-ICD-10-CM-and-GEMs.html