ICD-10 Implementation in a 5010 Environment National Provider Conference Call
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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------- Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Listser vs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX <https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX> ) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS <http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS> ). Thank you.
