Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA

Publication Date: November 18, 2009

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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....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA

Publication Date: November 18, 2009

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Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA

Publication Date: November 18, 2009

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....

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....

Author: Viola, Allison F.; Piselli, Caroline

Source: AHIMA toolkit

Publication Date: October 26, 2009

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....

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....

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.

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....

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.

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....

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....

Author: NHICA; WEDI

Source: External web site

Publication Date: July 15, 2009

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.....

Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: June 26, 2009

Author: Bowman, Sue E

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: June 10, 2009

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....

Author:

Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: June 2009

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

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....

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.

Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: March 03, 2009

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....