The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Oct. 2 announced a contract to the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) to begin assessing the impact on CMS of replacing the ICD-9 code sets now used in reporting healthcare transactions with the ICD-10 versions.
AHIMA will analyze CMS’s systems, policies, and operations to determine potential impacts of transitioning from the ICD-9 to the ICD-10, including the ICD-10’s ability to support more accurate payment for new procedures, efficient claims processing, and improved disease management.
All healthcare providers and suppliers use ICD-9 diagnosis codes, while ICD-9 procedure codes are used only by hospitals to report inpatient procedures. ICD-9codes are used for many purposes, including reimbursement, quality reporting, pay for performance, benchmarking, healthcare policy, public health reporting, and research. Read the announcement.
