CMS to Host Follow-Up ICD-10 Conference Call
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a follow-up national provider conference call on "ICD-10 Implementation in a 5010 Environment." Subject matter experts will review basic information on both ICD-10 and 5010 and explain how they are interrelated. A question and answer session will follow the presentations.
When: Monday, Sept. 13, 2010
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. ET
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
The following topics will be discussed:
ICD-10
- ICD-10 implementation for services provided on and after Oct. 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
For more information and to register for this informative session, please go to http://www.cms.gov/ICD10/02c_CMS_Sponsored_Calls.asp on the CMS website. Registration will close at 12:00 p.m. ET on Sept. 10, 2010, or when available space has been filled. No exceptions will be made. Please register early.