Are you exempt from ICD-10 PQRS penalties in 2016? February 13, 2017 General CMS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, ICD-10, Physician Quality Reporting System, PQRS 0 On October 1, 2016, new ICD-10 code sets went into effect that will impact the ability of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to process data reported on certain quality measures for the fourth quarter of 2016. Because of this, CMS announced that it will waive 2017 or 2018 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) payment adjustments, if applicable, for any physician or group practice that fails to satisfactorily report for 2016 solely as a result of the impact of ICD-10 code updates on quality data reported for the fourth quarter of 2016. Diabetes Cataracts Oncology Cardiovascular Prevention Diabetic Retinopathy The 2016 reporting deadline is February 28, 2017. Click here to read the CMS FAQ on the ICD-update and its impact on PQRS. Comments are closed.
