Provider Resources

On October 1, 2014, the health care industry will transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 codes for diagnoses and inpatient procedures.

This transition is going to change how you do business—from registration and referrals to superbills and software upgrades. But that change doesn’t have to be overwhelming. CMS has the following resources to help your practice prepare for the transition.

Understanding the Basics
These fact sheets will introduce you to ICD-10, explain why it’s necessary, and give you the information you’ll need to get started on your transition.

• ICD-10 FAQs
• The ICD-10 Transition: An Introduction
• ICD-10 Basics for Medical Practices
• Talking to Your Vendors About ICD-10: Tips for Medical Practices

Implementation Guides, Timelines, and Checklists

Checklists and timelines provide an at-a-glance view of what you need to do to get ICD-10 ready. The ICD-10 implementation guides provide detailed information about the ICD-10 transition. Please note that the dates and milestones in these materials are recommendations only; you can adapt them to your needs for meeting the October 1, 2014, deadline.

Checklists with ICD-10 transition tasks and estimated timeframes

• Large Practices
• Small and Medium Practices
• Small Hospitals

Timelines with suggested dates for important ICD-10 transition activities

• Large Practices
• Small and Medium Practices
• Small Hospitals

Implementation Guides

• Large Practices
• Small and Medium Practices
• Small Hospitals

Implementation Planning

Get step-by-step information to help you plan for the transition.

• Plan to Mitigate Risk for a Smooth Transition
• Planning Your ICD-10 Transition Activities for 2013
• Simple Steps to Improve Clinical Documentation
• Develop Your ICD-10 Communication and Awareness Plan
• The ICD-10 Planning Checklist
• Review How You Use ICD-9 Codes
• Looking Back at Version 5010 and Ahead to ICD-10

Communicating About ICD-10

Communication between health care providers, software vendors, clearinghouses, and billing services is an important part of the transition process. Learn how to get the conversation started.

• Talking to Your Vendors About ICD-10: Tips for Medical Practices
• Communicating with Your Payers About ICD-10
• Communicating with Your Software Vendor

Medscape Modules

Continuing medical education (CME) credits are available to physicians who complete the learning modules for small-medium practices or large practices, but anyone can take them and receive a certificate of completion.

• Medscape Education Modules 
• Medscape Expert Article  

Conferences, Meetings, and Webinars

Slides and transcript from the CMS-AAPC Code-a-thon webinar

• CMS PowerPoint
• AAPC PowerPoint
• Transcript

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