Step 1: Organizing the Implementation Effort
Hospitals should form a steering committee or team to oversee the ICD-10 strategy and planning implementation process. Key responsibilities for this committee include:
- Implementing goals and timelines
- Assessing the implementation impact
- Determining the impact of affected functional areas
- Assigning various tasks
- Educating and training for information systems staff and coding staff on coding sets
The ICD-10 Steering Committee may vary according to the organization's implementation needs. To ensure the plan is appropriately coordinated across departments, each team should have sponsorship and support from a senior-level manager.
Representation should include members from the following departments:
- Billing
- Compliance
- Finance
- Health Information Management/Coding
- Information Systems and Technology
- Revenue Cycle Management
Resources
The following resources are targeted towards helping organize the ICD-10 effort:
- Your ICD-10 Planning Starts Now. to access.
- HIPAA Code Set Rule: ICD-10 Implementation, An Executive Briefing. Click here to access.
To learn more about the following audio conferences, please click here. www.krm.com/ahacentraloffice
- Preparing Your Organization for a Successful Implementation to ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS: Forming Your I-10 Team (Audio CD)
- Introduction to ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS (Audio CD)
- Preparing for ICD-10: Understanding the Basics of ICD-10-PCS (Audio CD)
- Preparing for ICD-10: Understanding the ICD-10-PCS Guidelines (Audio CD)
- The Transition to ICD-10 (Audio CD)