CMS to Host Conference Call on ICD-10 Implementation

2010-08-26

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a conference call on “ICD-10 Implementation in a 5010 Environment” on Monday, September 13, from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. This toll-free call will focus on ICD-10 implementation issues, including proposals to partially freeze code updates, and implementation updates for HIPAA versions 5010 and D.0, including implemented readiness review, how HIPAA 5010 updates impact ICD-10 implementation, and advice for providers in moving toward HIPAA 5010 implementation. Subject matter experts will review basic information on both ICD-10 and HIPAA 5010 and explain how they are interrelated. A question and answer session will follow the presentations.

Items to be covered on this call include:

ICD-10

    • ICD-10 implementation for services provided on and after October 1, 2013
    • Differences between ICD-10 and ICD-9-CM codes 
    • ICD-10-CM basic information for all users
    • Tools for converting codes – General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs)
    • Proposal to freeze ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 code updates except for new technologies and diseases

HIPAA Version 5010

    • Compliance dates and timelines (No contingencies)
    • 5010 before and after ICD-10 Implementation 
    • Readiness review for implementing HIPAA version  5010 and D.0
    • What you need to be doing to prepare
    • Medicare fee-for-service activities update
    • Other issues and considerations

To register for this call, visit the CMS Sponsored Calls website. More information about ICD-10/5010 can be found on the ASH website.

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