The Coalition for ICD-10, a broad-based healthcare industry advocacy group, including— hospitals, health plans, hospital and physician office coding experts, vendors, and the health information technology (HIT) community— united in support of the U.S. adoption of the ICD-10 coding standard, sent the following letter (click here) to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner dated April 11 urging the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to establish October 1, 2015 as the new implementation date for the ICD-10 diagnosis and procedure coding system. The recent resignation of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebellius further complicates the currrent state of ICD-10 implementation across the industry and a timeline for the new implementation date.