2010 Preparation Begins

• ICD-10 Kick-Off Symposium
• Quarterly Meetings of SMH ICD-10 Project Team
• IT Conversion to 5010
• Vendor Assesssments
• Train the Trainer Sessions
• Coder pre-education

Sarasota Memorial is joining health care facilities throughout the country to begin planning for the transition to a new medical coding classification that will be implemented nationwide Oct 2013. Information and links presented here are intended to facilitate local communication.

Links below provide in depth information:

• Preparing for ICD-10-CM, A Clinician’s Perspective, by Eric Rose, MD, FAAFP, August 2009
• Ten Goals for ICD-10 Preparation in 2010, Experts Agree Facilities Must Start ICD-10 Preparation Now, by Laurie Casey, February 2010
• ICD-10 Code Set, American Medical Association, February 2010
• ICD-10-CM/PCS - An Introduction, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, August 2009
• AMA: Preparing for the Conversion from ICD-9 toICD-10: What You Need to be Doing Today
• Advance: Physician's Forecast; How ICD-10 Implementation will impact coders in doctors' offices by Rob Senior
• AHIMA: Preparing for ICD-10-CM in Physican Practices