Wednesday, September 3, 2014

ICD-10 Test Dates Released




The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced three different testing weeks leading up to the October 1, 2015 implementation date for ICD-10.

The testing weeks will be:

  • November 17 – 21, 2014
  • March 2 – 6, 2015
  • June 1 – 5, 2015

 

According to CMS, while submitters may acknowledgement test ICD-10 claims at any time through implementation, the ICD-10 testing weeks have been created to generate awareness and interest, and to instill confidence in the provider community that CMS and the Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) are ready and prepared for the ICD-10 implementation. Testing is designed to validate the trading partners’ ability to meet technical compliance and performance processing standards during the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) 5010 implementation, the agency said.

Earlier this month, CMS announced that it would offer three separate end-to-end testing opportunities. Each opportunity will be open to a limited number of providers that volunteer for this testing; as planned, approximately 2,550 volunteer submitters will have the opportunity to participate over the course of the three testing periods, the agency said.

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Designing ICD-10-CM our main concern was implementing the best retrieval techniques in searching, extracting and selecting the correct diagnosis codes and presenting the ICD-10-CM information like in a book format and at the same time delivering in  www.accuchecker.com  the most comprehensive, fastest and accurate ONLINE system in the healthcare industry. 

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How do we present the ICD-10-CM Codes? 

AccuChecker OnLine ICD-10-CM lists the most common description identifier of a diagnosis code and also displays synonyms or names that are identified by the same code and the same condition.

 

Level of Detail in Coding: 

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis codes are to be used and reported at their highest number of digits available. They are composed of codes with 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 digits. 

Seventh character and placeholders: 

Some codes require the use of a seventh character for codes in chapters.

If there are fewer than six characters in the code (not counting the decimal point) the placeholder "x" is used to ensure that the seventh character is always in the seventh position. 

Includes:
 

The word "Includes" appears immediately under certain categories to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category. 

Excludes Notes: ICD-10-CM has two types of excludes notes.
 

  • Exclude 1 - Indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code in this section.
  • Exclude 2 - Indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time.

Code First/Use Additional Code notes (etiology/manifestation paired codes): 

Certain conditions have both an underlying etiology and multiple body system manifestations due to the underlying etiology. For such conditions the ICD-10-CM has a coding convention that requires the underlying condition be sequenced first followed by the manifestation. Wherever such a combination exists there is a "use additional code" note at the etiology code, and a "code first" note at the manifestation code. These instructional notes indicate the proper sequencing order of the codes, etiology followed by manifestation.

 

ICD-9-CM CODES: AccuChecker OnLine ICD-10-CM also displays the ICD-9-CM code and description of the diagnosis code, it is the “2-IN-ONE” approach:
 

You can use our ICD-10-CM version to operate ICD-9-CM, which means that the staff in the office will be proficient using the ICD10 application while using ICD9.
 

This  means, that when October 2015 arrives, you and your staff are ready for the start of ICD-10 

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