Tuesday 18 October 2016


          ICD-9 to ICD-10 Medical Coding Crosswalk





The United States healthcare system will discontinue its use of ICD-9-CM diagnostic codes and upgrade its entire system to the next revision of the code: ICD-10-CM. Because ICD codes are integral to the medical billing process, the changes are taking place at every level of the patient-provider-payer relationship. As the person who interacts with diagnostic codes on a daily basis, the medical coder must be prepared for this transition. A medical coder must be fluent in both ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM in order to make the switch as seamlessly as possible.
This change was originally planned for October 1st, 2014 , however, the U.S Senate  introduced a bill on March, 26th, 2014 that will delay the change of ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM until October 1st, 2015.
A process called crosswalking is used to translate from one code to another. Icd 9 to Icd 10 Crosswalking means mapping or translating a code from one set to another. Use the AAPC tool below to crosswalk between the different coding systems.



Resource:  www.medicalbillingandcodingonline.com

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