Are there any exceptions to the enforcement of the October 16, 2003 deadline for Covered Entities for HIPAA coding compliance?
There is a short extension past 10/16/03 granted to certain government payers for compliance to use of standardized coding. Under their interpretation of an act called BIPA 2000 (Section 532), on 6/6/03 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) informed the states that local codes developed by state Medicaid and SCHIP (State Child Health Insurance Programs) programs may be used through 12/31/03. CMS writes that these codes are known as HCPCS Level III codes.
