ICD-10 Essentials for Homecare: Your Guide to Preparation and Implementation

If ICD–10 implementation is not on your radar, it should be. To remain profitable and compliant under the new coding system, your agency must prepare now for the rapidly approaching transition in 2013. Beacon Health provides you with a three–step plan that takes you from understanding the differences between ICD–9 and ICD–10 to full–scale ICD–10 readiness at your agency with ICD–10 Essentials for Homecare: Your Guide to Preparation and Implementation. You will learn the fundamentals of ICD–10 coding, what you can do today to manage the transition to ICD–10, and how to prepare for the impact on your daily operations. Complete with a chronological, step–by–step ICD–10 implementation action plan for your entire agency, this book is the perfect primer to get you where you need to be in order to survive and thrive under ICD–10.

This book will help you:

• Implement simple coding changes immediately to ease the burden of the transition in future months


• Familiarize your coders with the ICD–10 format to ensure a smooth transition and avoid interruption of payments during implementation


• Develop timelines to train clinicians in new documentation requirements and ensure readiness by the 2013 implementation date


• Achieve leadership buy–in for the necessary budget, policy changes, and infrastructure upgrade to accommodate ICD–10 requirements


• Prevent payment denials under ICD–10 by determining primary diagnosis and sequencing in the new coding system


• Compare what documentation is necessary now to what will be required starting October 1, 2013, with an ICD–9/ICD–10 crosswalk tool


• Ensure system readiness with a list of questions to ask your vendor


• Execute a step–by–step action plan throughout your agency to ensure timely ICD–10 readiness