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by Tim Rowan stored in: Tim Rowan's Home Care Technology Report and tagged: News from Washington
ICD-10 Fact Sheet available for download.
The revised publication titled ICD-10-CM/PCS: An Introduction Fact Sheet (August 2009), which was previously titled ICD-10-Clinical Modification/Procedure Coding System Fact Sheet, is now available in downloadable format from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Learning Network at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/ICD-10factsheet2009.pdf.
This fact sheet provides general information about the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical Modification/Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-CM/PCS) including benefits of adopting the new coding system, structural differences between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS, and implementation planning recommendations.
August 31st, 2009 at 8:15 am
ICD-10-CM is scheduled for use by all Health Care Providers on 10/1/2013. Specialists who would like to stay up to date on ICD-9-CM mapping to ICD-10-CM can access free Webinar materials at both the CMS.hhs.gov Web Site or ahima.org Web Site. Both of these entities provide free training and materials for coders and clincians to access and review.