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CMS ICD-10 Planning Initial Summary of AHIMA Executive Report CMS recently concluded a one year project with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) to identify and assess the business processes, systems and operations under CMS' direct responsibility that would potentially be impacted by a transition to the ICD-10 code set. The AHIMA project was the first of several efforts that will be undertaken to prepare CMS for the transition to ICD-10. The second phase of planning has been initiated and is expected to build on AHIMA's findings and move CMS closer to an implementation plan within the coming year. The attached document is a high-level and very preliminary summary of a more extensive AHIMA report chronicling CMS business processes that would be impacted by an ICD-10 transition. The information in the summary, including the risk and impact assessments, should be looked at as an initial review subject to change as we complete additional analysis. Although both the project and report were intended to be solely CMS-focused, the agency is committed to sharing, as expeditiously as possible, the entire report (subject to internal clearance) to provide relevant insights for ICD-10 planning and implementation activities. CMS will continue to refine these findings, and as planning efforts continue, will share information as it becomes available. To view this document, please see the link in the Download section below. CMS ICD-10 Initial Findings Report In September 2008, CMS concluded a one year project with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) to identify and assess the business processes, systems and operations under CMS' direct responsibility that would potentially be impacted by a transition to the ICD-10 code set. The analysis outlined in the report information gathered from CMS components from late 2007 to early 2008, therefore the impacts and risks surrounding new legislation or initiatives, such as the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) of 2008 were not assessed for this report. The AHIMA project was the first of several efforts that will be undertaken to prepare CMS for the transition to ICD-10. The second phase of planning has been initiated, and is expected to build on AHIMA's findings, and move CMS closer to an implementation plan within the coming year. This next phase will also include the impacts and risk surrounding new legislation and initiatives not accounted for in the AHIMA analysis. We published an initial summary of AHIMA's executive report shortly after the project's conclusion, and at that time indicated that we would post more details of the report following our internal review and analysis. The attached document is that more detailed report of the AHIMA study findings. This second phase of the report provides a more extensive chronicling of CMS business processes that may be impacted by the transition to ICD-10. Although both the project and report were intended to be solely CMS-focused, the agency is committed to sharing the report (subject to internal clearance), to provide relevant insights for ICD-10 planning and implementation activities. We will continue to share information regarding ICD-10 implementation as it becomes available. To view this document, please see the link in the Download section below. ICD-10-Clinical Modification/Procedure Coding System Bookmark The ICD-10-Clinical Modification/Procedure Coding System Bookmark, which explains the ICD-10-Clinical Modification/Procedure Coding System (CM/PCS), including the benefits of adopting the system, recommended steps to be taken in order to plan and prepare for implementation of the system, and where additional information about the system can be found is now available in print format. To place your order, select the MLN Product Page link in the Related Links Inside CMS section below, then in that page scroll down and select MLN Product Ordering Page.
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