The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a national provider conference call on “ICD-10 Implementation in a 5010 Environment”.
When: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 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 October 1, 2013
· Benefits of ICD-10
· Differences between ICD-10 and ICD-9-CM codes
· 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
· General Overview HIPAA version 5010 and D.0 and who is impacted
· Compliance dates
· Benefits
· 5010 scope versus ICD-10 Scope
· What you need to do to prepare
· Timelines
· Medicare FFS implementation of HIPAA version 5010 and D.0
· Impact on paper claim forms
This toll-free teleconference will include a question and answer session. For more information and to register for this informative conference call, please go to http://www.cms.gov/ICD10/02c_CMS_Sponsored_Calls.asp on the CMS website.
Registration for this call will close at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 14, 2010, or when available space has been filled. No exceptions will be made. Please register as early as possible.
