A year ahead of the Oct. 1, 2015, compliance deadline for implementing the ICD-10 code set, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced three weeks that will be dedicated to helping physicians test whether their claims will be accepted in the Medicare claims processing system.

While you should be able to begin testing with your Medicare Administrative Contractor as soon as your practice is ready, CMS has designated three testing weeks that will be focused on acknowledgment testing of ICD-10 claims: