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Fall intro to ICD-9-CM offered in Boston
Gee, it seems like I’m all about the local trivia recently—from hazelnuts to evergreens, state flags to historic settlements. Well, since I’m apparently on a roll. Let’s talk about my hometown Boston.
- The first American lighthouse was built in the Boston Harbor in 1716.
- The first public school system was founded in Boston in 1635.
Boston Common is the center piece of the Olmstead designed Emerald Necklace of parks.
- When you take a stroll on the Boston Common, you are visiting the nation’s first public park, established in 1634.
- Boston Common is part of the larger Emerald Necklace parkway designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead who also designed Central Park in New York City and a little place call Moraine Farm in Beverly, MA, where yours truly married the love of her life five years ago. (By the way, according to the US Census Bureau, Massachusetts has the lowest divorce rate in the country with 2.2 divorces per 1000 people.)
- The Hyatt Harborside Hotel in Boston is the site of the next stellar program “ICD-9-CM Coding Essentials: What Every CDI Specialist Needs to Know,” on September 21.
Now I’m not saying Shannon McCall’s class is as exciting as my wedding nor as relaxing as a stroll along Boston Common, it’s definitely a day full of invaluable information. I participated in this program during the 2009 ACDIS conference in Las Vegas and was nearly overwhelmed with the depth and breadth of tools she was able to cover. And for once I’m not just playing my own tune. Many CDI specialists who attended also found it beneficial.
“I would recommend this seminar to colleagues,” said Pamela Lindsey, RN, BSN, MCRMC, Fraser, MI. “It provides a good base of information for a CDS (RN) program. It was helpful to gain information on navigating through the ICD-9 manuals along with the other materials.”
They’ve extended the early bird registration rate through August 24, which saves you $100, and if you are currently an ACDIS member be sure to ask for member discounts too. To register, visit www.hcmarketplace.com.
Advice for coding educators: ‘Start ICD-10 plans now’
When should schools start teaching ICD-10-CM instead of 9? AHIMA recommends a three-step process that starts with academic planning this fall and transitions through a hybrid educational method in 2010 and finally full ICD-10 curriculum integration by 2011. In its practice brief “Transitioning to ICD-10-CM/PCS-An Academic Timeline” published in the April edition of the Journal of AHIMA, the association recommends:
- Preparation- Start with the August 2009 academic school year to consider the impact of the transition and begin to formulate plans.
- Hybrid-Begins in the August 2010 school year because educators will face the challenge of incorporating both coding systems into an already full academic schedule.
- Full Implementation-Starts with the August 2011 academic year for associate and baccalaureate degree programs. This is the final stage of the curriculum change with ICD-10-CM/PCS being taught as the current classification system.
CMS releases crosswalk for ICD-9 to ICD-10 translation
CMS released The General Equivalence Mappings – ICD-9-CM To and From ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Fact Sheet in March to assist in the conversion of ICD-9-CM to the anticipated October 1, 2013 implementation date for ICD-10-CM codes. The fact sheet explains how to translate 9 codes to 10 codes and vice versa.
CMS also release information from The General Equivalence Mappings information discussed in the fact sheet is also posted in the CMS Frequently Asked Questions database.
The ICD-10 final rule is out!
Hi ACDIS members, today the HHS published a final rule to adopt ICD-10 as the new national coding standard. ICD-10 will take effect on Oct. 1, 2013.
This is obviously huge news for CDI specialists, physicians, and coding staff. Physicians will require additional education to ensure they are documenting to the level of specificity needed to support the new ICD-10 codes. Query forms and documentation templates will have to be reworked, presumably the CC/MCC list will be changing, and the list goes on and on.
To read an abbreviated ICD-10 fact sheet that contains a link to the final rule, click here.
Here at ACDIS we plan to provide educational articles, audioconferences, e-learning courses, and more to help with your transition to the new system. I also encourage you to offer your thoughts and impressions of ICD-10 right here by commenting on this post, or by posting to your colleagues on the CDI Talk group.
Take care everyone,
Brian