The ICD-10-CM/PCS (International Classification of Diseases clinical modifications/procedure coding system) National Provider Conference Call for Hospital Staff will be conducted on October 14, 2008 from 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EDT.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a series of national provider calls that will provide an overview of ICD-10 and how it differs from ICD-9-CM. The presentations will include the major impacts providers should consider when planning to update any systems with ICD-10 codes. Issues such as differences in code length, alpha-numeric characters, and increased details captured by the codes will be explained. For the provider, payer, vendor, and publishing community, this overview will help them think about future reporting, system updates, and training, considering that ICD-10 may be implemented in the future.

The presenters will include members of the Cooperating Parties for ICD-9-CM, a formal coalition that has been working together on ICD-10 issues. The role of each will be explained, along with a similar role they will play should ICD-10 be implemented. The Cooperating Parties include CMS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), and American Hospital Association (AHA).

A PowerPoint slide presentation has been posted in the Downloads section of the ICD-10 CMS Sponsored Calls Web page at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ICD10/07_Sponsored_Calls.asp for you to download prior to the conference call so that you can follow along with the presentation. This PowerPoint slide presentation has been revised (October 2008).

To register go to http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ICD10/downloads/ICD10_hospital.pdf . For those who are unable to attend, a transcript will be posted on the ICD-10 CMS Sponsored Calls Web Page at shortly after the conference call.