CMS ICD-10 Conversion Activities National Provider Teleconference - Including a Lab Case Study The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a national provider teleconference on "CMS ICD-10 Conversion Activities." Subject matter experts will discuss the ICD-10 conversion process currently taking place within CMS, including a case study from the CMS Coverage and Analysis Group on their transition to ICD-10 for the lab national coverage determinations (NCDs). A question and answer session will follow the presentations. When: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 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 overview * Lab NCDs conversion process from ICD-9-CM to 1CD-10-CM * Home health conversion * OASIS and procedure code reporting * Update on claims spanning the implementation date * National ICD-10 implementation issues Registration information: To register for this informative session, please go to http://www.cms.gov/ICD10/Tel10/itemdetail.asp?filterType=none&filterByDID=0&sortByDID=1&sortOrder=descending&itemID=CMS1246998&intNumPerPage=10 on the CMS website. Registration will close at 1:00 p.m. ET on May 17, 2011, or when available space has been filled. No exceptions will be made. Please register early. Save the date: The next ICD-10 national provider teleconference will be held on Wednesday, August 3. Registration information will be posted to the CMS ICD-10 Teleconferences web page at http://www.cms.gov/ICD10/Tel10/list.asp. Is your organization preparing for a smooth transition to ICD-10 on October 1, 2013? The CMS ICD-10 website at www.cms.gov/icd10<http://www.cms.gov/icd10> is a valuable resource to help you prepare for the U.S. health care industry's change from ICD-9 to ICD-10 for medical diagnosis and inpatient procedure coding. Check back frequently for the latest news, resources, compliance timelines, and teleconference information. While you are visiting the site, sign up for the CMS ICD-10 Industry Email Updates to receive the latest information on the transition and new web site content. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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_Listservs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (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). Thank you.
