ICD-10 Information
Check this page frequently - it contains pertinent and useful
information about the International Classification of Diseases,
Tenth Revision (ICD-10), which is currently scheduled to implement
October 1, 2013. The Indiana Health Coverage Programs (IHCP) ICD-10
team updates this page regularly. Although not all-inclusive, it
includes information about ICD-10 from a variety of sources:
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- The Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA)
- The American Medical Association (AMA)
- And more
You'll also find other resources right here on
indianamedicaid.com.
ICD-10 News
This section offers news items that are important to you and to
the ICD-10 Compliance Project.
Intent to Delay ICD-10 Compliance Date
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a
February 16, 2012, announcement of the intent to delay
the ICD-10 compliance date:
HHS News,
February 16, 2012. HHS Announces Intent to Delay ICD-10 Compliance
Date
For the Indiana Family and Social Services
Administration's (FSSA's) response to the HHS announcement,
see Indiana
Medicaid Migration to ICD-10 Remains Unaltered on this
website.
On April 9, 2012, HHS announced a
proposed rule that would delay the ICD-10
compliance date for one year:
HHS News, April 9, 2012.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Announces Delay of ICD-10 until
October 1, 2014
ICD-10 Decisions
When ICD-10 issues are under consideration, they will be
published here, and you will be invited to provide input and ask
questions that will help HP make decisions. We encourage you to
visit the ICD-10 Decisions page and
weigh in on the topics featured there by submitting comments to the
ICD-10 Questions
mailbox. Please include your contact information in the
email, so the ICD-10 team may contact you if more information is
needed.
ICD-10 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
If you have questions about ICD-10, you aren't alone. Answers to
questions posed by providers, vendors, and attendees at workshops,
seminars, and association meetings appear in IHCP provider
newsletters...in monthly ICD-10 status presentations by ICD-10 team
members and HP Provider Relations Consultants...and on the ICD-10 FAQs page
on this site.
ICD-10 Training
The ICD-10
Training page provides a list of training
materials, presentations, and classes offered by well-known
professional associations and agencies. These links will help you
find the training that fits your needs. The entries are
updated frequently, so visit often.
ICD-10 Questions mailbox
If you have questions about ICD-10 that you would like the
ICD-10 team to address, please submit your questions to INXIX.ICD10Questions@HP.com. We'll
get back to you with an answer - and we may add your question, and
the answer, to the ICD-10 FAQs page on this site.
ICD-10 Presentations
The following presentations provide monthly updates about the
status of the ICD-10 Compliance Project. Members of the ICD-10 team
and Provider Relations Field Consultants deliver these
presentations at provider workshops, association meetings, and
other industry meetings.
ICD-10 Surveys
The ICD-10 team is now surveying vendors and providers every 90
days through August 2013. The surveys help determine how ready
vendors and providers are to implement ICD-10 by October 1, 2013,
with no exceptions. By conducting surveys every 90
days, we track progress, uncover issues, and provide links to
associations, training, and materials that may be helpful to
vendors and providers.
ICD-10 IHCP Provider Readiness Surveys
IHCP providers are notified that surveys are available through
IHCP provider
newsletters, banner pages, and via this
site's News
and Announcements section. The person in the provider
organization who is charged with planning, implementing, and
managing the ICD-10 project should complete the survey. If the
provider organization has a team assigned to this project,
completing the survey may be a team effort.
Here is a tentative schedule for the ICD-10 IHCP Provider
Readiness Surveys for the remainder of 2012.
| Release |
Conclude |
| Tuesday, May 8 |
Tuesday, May 22 |
| Tuesday, August 7 |
Tuesday, August 21 |
| Tuesday, November 6 |
Tuesday, November 30 |
Provider readiness survey questions
The following are the previously released ICD-10 IHCP Provider
Readiness Surveys:
Provider readiness survey responses
The following presentations provide the results of the first
ICD-10 IHCP Provider Readiness Survey:
ICD-10 Vendor Readiness Surveys
FSSA and HP vendors receive email invitations or mailed copies
of the ICD-10 Vendor Readiness Survey. The survey should be
completed by the person responsible for planning, implementing, and
managing the ICD-10 project in the vendor organization. If the
vendor organization has a team assigned to this project, completing
the survey may be a team effort. If the vendor organization has
more than one contract with the FSSA and HP, a separate survey
should be completed for each, addressing readiness as it pertains
to each contract.
A tentative schedule for the ICD-10 Vendor Readiness Surveys for
the remainder of 2012 follows.
| Release |
Conclude |
| Monday, May 7 |
Friday, May 18 |
| Monday, August 6 |
Friday, August 17 |
| Monday, November 5 |
Friday, November 16 |
Vendor readiness survey questions
These are the questions posed in each of the ICD-10 Vendor
Readiness Surveys:
Vendor readiness survey responses
The following presentations provide the results from the
previously released ICD-10 Vendor Readiness Surveys:
CMS
The information and links included in this section are from CMS.
For more information, visit the CMS website at cms.gov.
45 CFR Part 162, Final
Rule. This legislation governs the implementation of
ICD-10.
Announcing
Medicaid.gov. This CMS bulletin
introduces and links to the new Medicaid.gov website that is part
of the CMS website.
CMS Announces
Extension of Enforcement Discretion Period for Updated HIPAA
Transaction Standards Through June 30, 2012. On March
16, 2012, CMS announced that it will not initiate enforcement
action against any noncompliant entities through June 30,
2012, for updated Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) transaction standards (ASC X12
Version 5010, NCPDP Versions D.0 and 3.0). All submitters of
electronic claims to Medicaid must be 5010 compliant.
CMS
Informational Bulletins. Subscribers to CMS bulletins
receive email notifications of publications on various topics,
including ICD-10.
CMS Selects
ICD-10 Conversion Software. This link
takes you to the announcement that CMS selected 3M ICD-10
Conversion Software.
FAQs: ICD-10
Transition Basics, July 2011. This links you to a list
of frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the steps to transition
to ICD-10.
Health and Human Services (HHS) and CMS ICD-10
Compliance Date News and Press Releases. These releases
will be updated as information is released.
ICD-10-CM General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs). Coordination &
Maintenance Committee Meeting. September 28, 2007.
This CMS presentation that briefly explains the use of GEMs was
posted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
ICD-10-CM/PCS MS/DRG Conversion Project, September 16,
2009. This document presents initial discussions about
the adoption and implementation of the Final Rule.
ICD-10 Myths and
Facts. In this document, CMS addresses common
misconceptions about ICD-10 implementation.
Impact
of the Transition to ICD-10 on Medicare Inpatient Hospital
Payments (Medicare & Medicaid Research Review
2011: Volume 2, Number 2). This document estimates the impact
of conversion to ICD-10 on Medicare Severity/Diagnosis-Related
Grouping (MS/DRG) payments to hospitals using 2009 Medicare
data.
MLN
Matters: Partial Code Freeze SE1033, January 12, 2010.
This document provides information for fee-for-service (FFS)
professionals about the code freeze before ICD-10
implementation.
Noblis Insights Panel Survey Results, ICD-10/HIPAA 5010
Readiness. Noblis surveyed members of the Noblis Insights
Panel about their perspectives on the transaction from ICD-9 to
ICD-10 and implementation of HIPAA 5010 at their respective
institutions. The Noblis Insights Panel consists of healthcare
executives across the U.S.
Partial Code
Freeze Prior to ICD-10 Implementation. This news
release from MLN Matters® Number: SE1033 outlines the
plan and dates of the partial code freeze to ICD code updates.
Submit a
Request. This link lets you submit a question to the
CMS website by selecting a topic and subtopic from the list
provided. Submit your question, and the CMS support team will
respond.
Transmittal 950. This
document is the CMS Manual System update, effective January 3,
2012.
What is
ICD-10? This September 15, 2011, CMS presentation
covers assessment, implementation, and management of the ICD-10
transition.
FSSA
The information and links in this section are available from the
FSSA:
FSSA ICD-10 Compliance Project, Internal Stakeholders' Meeting,
February 22, 2011. This document provides a detailed
overview of all aspects of the project.
FSSA website. You can find
ICD-10 information related to the FSSA by searching the FSSA
website.
WEDI
The information in this section is provided by the Workgroup for
Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI). Among the organization's
activities are quarterly ICD-10 surveys.
ICD-10 Progress
Survey, August 2011. This document presents the
results of the August 2011 survey.
Redefining Policies, Rules, and Categories in ICD-10, March
30, 2011. This white paper focuses on the methods and
issues related to redefining policies, rules, and categories that
use groups of diagnostic or inpatient hospital procedure codes in
algorithms or categories of analysis.
Town Hall
Meeting, March 1, 2012. This presentation from a town
hall meeting facilitated by WEDI includes a section on ICD-10
progress.
AMA
This section contains links to ICD-10 web pages and articles
developed and published by the American Medical Association
(AMA).
American Medical Association (AMA)
website. This link takes you to the AMA website.
AMA ICD-10 web
page. This link takes you to the AMA's ICD-10 web
page, which contains links to many resources.
AMA Wire.
This link takes you to the AMA's weekly electronic newsletter,
where you can search by topic, review, and download; however, to
receive links to the weekly publications, you must subscribe.
ICD-10 Code Set to
Replace ICD-9. This link takes you to the Transaction
Code Set Standards on the AMA website, with links to ICD-10-related
articles.
AHIMA
This section contains a link to the website and documents
published by the American Health Information Management
Association (AHIMA).
American Health Information
Management Association (AHIMA). The association's
website offers ICD-10 online training courses, ICD-10 news,
and other features; however, some resources are only available to
members. (See the Other Resources section of this page to link to
the Indiana Health Information Management Association [IHIMA].)
Other Resources
The links in this section are to websites from other
associations tailored to the needs of those implementing
ICD-10.
Indiana Health Information Management
Association (IHIMA). This association is an affiliate
of AHIMA and offers ICD-10 presentations and materials. Some of
the resources are available only to members or at a cost.
Indiana Hospital
Association (IHA). The IHA offers ICD-10 information
and training classes, including webinars to its membership--see the
schedule and registration
information for the first half of 2012.
Indiana State
Medical Association (ISMA). The ISMA offers ICD-10
information and training from the Education link on its
website.
International
Classification of Diseases (ICD). The World Health
Organization (WHO) link provides you with other links and downloads
to help you better understand ICD coding and the transition from
ICD-9 to ICD-10.
International
Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification
(ICD-10-CM). This information is provided by the
Center for Disease Control (CDC) on its website.