Special Notice

This notice was published in the July 15, 2015, issue (Vol. 2015, No. 14) of the Utah State Bulletin.


Special Notice: International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10-CM Code Updates

In accordance with requirements set forth in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and under the direction of the United States Congress, the Division of Medicaid and Health Financing (DMHF) will submit a State Plan Amendment (SPA) to implement ICD-10-CM codes in the Utah Medicaid State Plan that become effective October 1, 2015.

For this purpose, DMHF will submit SPA 15-0020-UT, ICD-10-CM Code Updates, which updates diagnosis codes to reflect ICD-10-CM in Section 920b of ATTACHMENT 4.19-D and on Pages 1 and 2 of ATTACHMENT 4.22-A.

This amendment does not affect total annual expenditures for the Medicaid program.

This amendment is pending CMS approval and the proposed effective date is October 1, 2015.

A copy of this change may be obtained from Craig Devashrayee (801-538-6641), or by writing the Technical Writing Unit, Utah Department of Health, PO Box 143102, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-3102. Comments are welcome at the same address. Copies of this change are also available at local county health department offices.

 


Additional Information

The Portable Document Format (PDF) version of the Bulletin is the official version. The PDF version of this issue is available at https://rules.utah.gov/publicat/bull-pdf/2015/b20150715.pdf. The HTML edition of the Bulletin is a convenience copy. Any discrepancy between the PDF version and HTML version is resolved in favor of the PDF version.

For questions regarding this notice, please contact Craig Devashrayee, by phone at 801-538-6641, by FAX at 801-538-6099, or by Internet E-mail at cdevashrayee@utah.gov.