Abstract
Background/Aims The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a classification system developed and maintained by the World Health Organization. The 10th revision of ICD (ICD-10) was created in 1994. The U.S. is the only industrialized nation still using ICD-9. On January 16, 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services released the Final HIPAA Administrative Mandate to Adopt ICD-10. The compliance date for implementation of the ICD-10 Coding System is October 1, 2013. Complying with new federal regulations to implement ICD-10 by October 1, 2013 will have an enormous impact on the people, processes, and technology throughout KP and other Health Care Organizations. ICD-9 is running out f codes. Hundreds of new diagnosis codes are submitted annually. ICD-10 will allow not only for more codes, but also for greater specificity and thus better epidemiological tracking. How will this change impact data? Where do analysts find the new codes and what process should they follow to get ready for this conversion. What Clarity tables and columns will carry the new codes and how should the mapping be done? This presentation will provide tools for the programmers and guide them to make this conversion less painful.
