ICD-10 News: Final ICD-9-CM Code Update

The final updates to ICD-9-CM codes will take effect on October 1, 2013. These updates will be in effect until the ICD-10 transition takes place on October 1, 2014. You can find the last official ICD-9-CM code titles, both full and abbreviated, posted on the CMS website. 

“For those of us who have been maintaining ICD-9-CM codes since the code set’s implementation in 1979, this final ICD-9-CM code update is a historic occasion,” said Pat Brooks of the CMS Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group. “We look forward to the implementation and maintenance of ICD-10 in 2014.”

Keep Up to Date on ICD-10
Visit the CMS ICD-10 website for the latest news and resources to help you prepare for the October 1, 2014, deadline. Sign up for CMS ICD-10 Industry Email Updates and follow us on Twitter.

Don’t miss CORHIO’s FINAL Meaningful Use boot camp scheduled for September 27 in the Denver Tech Center

This will be the last Meaningful Use Boot Camp offered by CORHIO, so don’t miss out!
Attend and learn what’s already changed and what will change with the Meaningful Use Incentive Program. Find out what you need to know about current HIT initiatives in Colorado. Read the full description and register here.

As federally funded Health IT training draws to a close, what are other options?

The federally funded HITECH Workforce Training is drawing to a close as the project ends September 30, 2013. To continue the opportunities for education, the following are options available at no cost:

OPTION 1
The entire HITECH curriculum can be downloaded from:

Health IT Workforce Curriculum Components National Training and Dissemination Center
http://www.onc-ntdc.org/training On left, "create new account"

OPTION 2
Bellevue College has developed self paced modules based on this curriculum that are available on the National Training & Education Resource website https://www.nterlearning.org/home - do a search for Bellevue.....it will take you not only to this option but also CAHIMS Exam Preparation and all of Bellevue's courses both collectively and individually.