ICD-10

ICD-10 Taskforce: NCHICA formed the ICD-10 Taskforce in February, 2009 to assist members in their ICD-10 implementation efforts. For more information on the benefits of joining the Taskforce, click here.

ICD-10 Taskforce Bulletins

• Latest Bulletin: NCHICA ICD-10 Testing Pilot
• Past Bulletins

ICD-10 Timeline: NCHICA and WEDI have released a timeline to assist the healthcare industry in ICD-10 implementation. Please visit the Timeline section of the website for further details.

• Presentation on the NCHICA ICD-10 Taskforce Perspectives on the NCHICA/WEDI Timeline: Managing the Prerequisites and Dependencies for Success (February 8, 2011, PDF)

ICD-10 Pilot Testing: The ICD-10 Taskforce is conducting a pilot for end-to-end testing of the ICD-10 codes to ensure that there is no interruption in cash flow when the transition from the current ICD-9 diagnostic codes takes place in October 2014. 

• Pilot Overview
• Pilot Timeline

ICD-10 Training: Click here for a list of upcoming training available.

ICD-10 Speaker's Bureau: To contact one of these individuals, email admin@nchica.org.

• Sarah Brooks – Outpatient Setting Information
• Lee Ford – NCHIMA Information
• Roy Gilbert - Rural Health and Community Care Information
• Mary Jane McCracken - Health Information Management and Performance Improvement

CMS Resources

• CMS ICD-10 (PCS and CM) Website
  
• CMS ICD-10 Implementation Planning
• CMS ICD-10 Industry Email Updates
• Provider Resources
• Payer Resources
• Vendor Resources
• Questions to Ask Your Vendor
• Questions to Ask Your Payer

Other Resources

• ICD-10 Taskforce Memo to CMS (August 19, 2011, PDF)
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Classification of Diseases, Functioning, and Disability
  
• WEDI/SNIP ICD-10 Workgroup Resources(some articles are available only to WEDI members)
  
• AHIMA ICD-10
  
• Letter from NCVHS to HHS (3/3/10)
• Presentations from NCHIMA ICD-10 Summit (6/24/10)
  • Leadership and the ICD-10 Strategic Advantage (TM Floyd & Co.)
  • ICD-10-CM and Indirect Providers: A View from the Middle (LabCorp)
    
• American Academy of Professional Coders Newsletter
• HIMSS Playbook