06/15/2010

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ICD-10/5010 National Provider Conference Call

The following topics were discussed during the presentation:

ICD-10

  • ICD-10 implementation for services provided on and after October 1, 2013
  • Benefits of ICD-10
  • Differences between ICD-10 and ICD-9-CM codes
  • 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

  • General Overview HIPAA version 5010 and D.0 and who is impacted
  • Compliance dates
  • Benefits
  • 5010 scope versus ICD-10 Scope
  • What you need to do to prepare
  • Timelines
  • Medicare FFS implementation of HIPAA version 5010 and D.0
  • Impact on paper claim forms

Target Audience: Medical coders, physician office staff, provider billing staff, health records staff, vendors, educators, system maintainers and all Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) providers