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Role-based Model for ICD-10 Implementation: Academic Timeline for Educators
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: November 18, 2009
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Health Plans: Tasks for 5010 & ICD-10-CM/PCS Compliance
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: November 18, 2009
The transition to 5010 and ICD-10-CM/PCS will be a challenge for Health Plans. A key to success in this transition is thorough and advance preparation as well as coordination of concomitant efforts to comply with 5010 and ICD-10. Payers may be tempted to focus on the 5010 compliance project fir....
Role-based Model for ICD-10 Implementation: Data Managers
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: November 18, 2009
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Summary of Health Plans’ Transition to 5010 and ICD-10
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: November 18, 2009
Healthcare Cauldrons in Washington: HIM Issues Abound in Federal Bills and Initiatives
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2009
This season Washington is like a healthcare cauldron, boiling away with bills and initiatives. Here’s a taste of a few that have come to the surface for HIM.
Healthcare Reform
As fall began, five congressional committees had released five different health reform bills. Pre....
Converting MS-DRGs to ICD-10-CM/PCS: Methods Used, Lessons Learned
Author: Butler, Rhonda R.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2009
Like the rest of us, MS-DRGs have to transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS. The conversion is off to a good start, with a preliminary version already available. The project offered an early test of the General Equivalence Mappings and provides a conversion process for other applications.
In m....
AHIMA ICD-10-CM/PCS Readiness Assessment and Prioritization Tool - Retired
(The content in this toolkit has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.)
Author: Viola, Allison F.; Piselli, Caroline
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: October 26, 2009
Experts Suggest Beginning ICD-10 Implementation Today
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Today
Publication Date: October 05, 2009
There is no time like the present to begin planning for the national coding switch to ICD-10-CM/PCS, according to several HIM professionals presenting here at convention.
Coding staff don’t need to start poring over new code books yet. But other preparations must be made for a facili....
ICD-10-CM/PCS Project Management Resources
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: October 2009
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Transitioning to ICD-10-CM/PCS will be a major undertaking for healthcare organizations. Below are ICD-10-CM/PCS project management resources and templates that organizations can use to h....
Planning Organizational Transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS
Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on the Transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2009
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Differentiating Procedure Approach in ICD-10-PCS: Fifth Character Captures Specificity
Author: Barta, Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: October 2009
One of ICD-10-PCS’s goals is to ensure a complete picture of a patient’s procedure. Completeness means that there is a unique code for all substantially different procedures, including the same procedure performed using a different approach.
All ICD-10-PCS codes are seven....
Transitioning ICD-10-CM/PCS Data Management Processes
Author: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on the Transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2009
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Assigning E Codes: Two New Sections Go into Effect October 1
Author: Bronnert, June
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: September 2009
Two new E code sections go into effect October 1—E000, External Cause Status, and E001–E030, Activity. The sections will facilitate prevention strategies developed by epidemiologists and injury prevention specialists and bring ICD-9-CM E codes more in line with ICD-10-CM external c....
Preparing for ICD-10-CM in Physician Practices
Author: Kuehn, Lynn
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2009
What will change under ICD-10-CM, and what must be done to prepare? This is the year for physician practices to get their ducks in a row: become informed, assess their IT and training needs, and make a plan that leads to the October 1, 2013, deadline.
On September....
ICD-10 Timeline with Comments as of July 15, 2009
Author: NHICA; WEDI
Source: External web site
Publication Date: July 15, 2009
Preparing for ICD-10-CM: A Clinician's Perspective
Author: Rose, Eric
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2009
America’s physician practices are facing the biggest change in healthcare coding in decades: the replacement of ICD-9-CM by ICD-10-CM. This article discusses ICD-10-CM from a clinical perspective and reviews how electronic health record (EHR) systems will need to adapt to the transition.....
General Equivalence Mappings: ICD-9-CM to and from ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: June 26, 2009
AHIMA Comments on October 2010 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Proposals Presented at March 2009 C&M Committee Meeting
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: June 10, 2009
ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines
Author: Barta, Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: June 2009
One of the keys to a successful transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS is a thorough understanding of the ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines, which were posted to the National Center for Health Statistics Web site in January 2009. Similar to the ICD-9-CM coding guidelines, the ICD-10-CM guidelines are....
Countdown to ICD-10-CM/PCS
Author:
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: June 2009
ICD-10 General Equivalence Mappings: an Introduction
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: May 15, 2009
ICD-10 Reimbursement Mappings: New Mappings from CMS Help Organizations in the Transition to ICD-10
Author: Butler, Rhonda R.; Mills, Ronald E
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: April 2009
Starting October 1, 2013, healthcare claims will be submitted to payers using ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes and ICD-10-PCS procedure codes. Some payers such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are converting their reimbursement systems to use ICD-10 codes directly. However, som....
Transitioning to ICD-10-CM/PCS— An Academic Timeline
Author: AHIMA ICD-10-CM/PCS Academic Transition Workgroup
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2009
The content in this practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only. More recent information is available here.
General Equivalence Mappings: ICD-9-CM to and from ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: March 03, 2009
ICD-10-CM Enhancements: A Look at the Features That Will Improve Coding Accuracy
Author: Zeisset, Ann M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: February 2009
Although the ICD-10-CM/PCS final rule sets an implementation deadline of October 2013, facilities should start preparing now for the new code set. All facilities reporting ICD-9-CM codes for diagnoses must transition to ICD-10-CM for diagnosis reporting.
ICD-10-CM implementation will....
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