General ICD-10 Information

International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes are used to codify medical diagnosis and procedures; calculate and adjudicate coverage; compile medical statistics; assess quality of care and help manage clinical quality outcomes for patients. ICD-9 code sets were outdated, didn’t reflect advances in medical technologies and weren’t descriptive enough.

ICD-10 Clinical Modifications (CM) and ICD-10 Procedure Coding Structure (PCS) are the latest medical code sets under HIPAA-AS and represent a fundamental overhaul to the former ICD-9 coding system.  A federal mandate required all HIPAA-covered entities to adopt ICD-10 by Oct. 1, 2015.

The ICD-10 CM and PCS classification system has been implemented to provide:

• Improved patient care quality because of greater detail and an increased ability to accommodate new technologies and procedures.
• Richer medical data with higher degrees of detail and quality for further analysis; helps to enrich clinical care profiles and patient outcomes.
• Enhanced claim processing by requiring more detailed information in the diagnosis and procedure code assignments.
• Increased interoperability across industry stakeholders worldwide by phasing out aging and inflexible technical systems.

Learn more about what has changed!

Get ICD-10 Compliant

• Small-Medium Physician Practices: Build your action plan and jump start your transition to ICD-10. View the training presentation here.
• Visit the CMS  www.roadto10.org
• Large Physician Practices and Hospitals:  Transition to ICD-10 now by accessing CMS’s ICD-10 Implementation Guides. 
• Florida Blue ICD-10 Implementation Toolkit

Useful Links

• Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)
• AAPC
• Northeast Florida Medical Group Management Association (NFMGMA)
• Myths and Facts
• ICDLogic
• CMS ICD-10 Website
• Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
• American Medical Association
• AHIMA ICD-10 Website
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s ICD-10 Website
• Florida Medical Association