ICD-10 What Every Healthcare Professional Should Know

ICD-10 What Every Healthcare Professional Should Know

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Effective October 1, 2013, ICD-10 will replace ICD-9-CM in the United States. This handbook provides an overview of the new system that health information management (HIM) managers can share with task force members and staff across revenue cycle departments to help the organization prepare for the unavoidable transition.

Sold in a package of 10 copies, this training handbook:

• Provides a historical perspective of ICD-9-CM and ICD-10
• Explains the structure of ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
• Compares ICD-9-CM with ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
• Discusses proposed timelines for ICD-10
• Reviews analysis and costs of implementing ICD-10
• Explains the benefits of ICD-10

After reading this handbook, you will be able to:

• Explain the importance of medical coding and why ICD-10 conversion is essential for today's medical complexities
• Articulate the major differences between the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 systems
• Decipher and apply formulas for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes
• Use the tabular and alphabetic indexes to find information for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10 PCS codes

Meet the Author

Shannon E. McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CCDS, is director of HIM and coding at HCPro, Inc., in Marblehead, MA. She manages the instructors of the Certified Coder Boot Camps ® which cover physician and outpatient hospital coding and inpatient hospital facility coding. She is HCPro's Revenue Cycle Institute lead coding expert, where she works with hospitals, medical practices, and other healthcare providers on a wide range of coding-related issues. She has extensive experience with coding for both physician and hospital services and is recognized as an official ICD-10 educator through the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

Table of Contents

• Introduction ICD-9-CM
  • Structure of ICD-9-CM
  • Limitations of ICD-9-CM
• ICD-10
  • Why Change Is Necessary
  • Historical Perspective
  • Anticipated Benefits
  • 2010 Update
  • ICD-10-CM Structure
    • The first three characters
    • The remaining characters: Extensions and placeholders
    • Laterality
    • Details improve data quality
  • ICD-10-PCS Structure
    • Root Operations Medical and Surgical
    • Example: Coding an appendectomy
  • Number of ICD-10 Codes
  • ICD-10 Coding Scenarios
• Timeline for ICD-10
• Cost of Implementing ICD-10

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The HIM Director's Guide to ICD-10
by Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCDS; Jean Clark, RHIA, CSHA; and Caroline Piselli, MBA, RN, FACHE
HIM directors must take a lead role in their organization's ICD-10 implementation, including advocating for and securing an appropriate budget, developing a robust staff retraining program, and ensuring timely IT system changes. The HIM Director's Guide to ICD-10 outlines the differences between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10, provides a thorough timeline of events leading up to implementation, and helps HIM directors develop a project plan to manage the process seamlessly from start to finish.
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The ICD-10 Planning and Training Package includes 10 copies of the ICD-10 training handbooks and one copy of The HIM Director's Guide to ICD-10 . Together they create your best foundation for ICD-10 transition and success. Save $50 when you buy the package!
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