A Medical Coder’s ICD-10 Resource Guide

December 30, 2009

We’ve got the link to a nifty ICD-9 to ICD-10 code translator.

Maybe I’m getting old, but I just can’t believe we’re about to ring in the second decade of the 21st century. It seems like just yesterday I was toasting the new millennium and breathing a sigh of relief that “Y2K” wasn’t the big catastrophe we all dreaded.

With time whizzing by so fast, now’s the time to prepare for ICD-10 implementation. And some coders dread ICD-10 as much as anyone ever dreaded Y2K. The number of our diagnosis codes will swell from 13,500 to 120,000, for example. And if we’re certified coders, we’ll have to demonstrate our ICD-10 expertise in order to maintain our certifications. I know I’m too old for another test!

If you feel like you’re already behind on ICD-10, here are 3 links to help you learn more.

For some free webinars that teach you ICD-10 basics and help you plan for implementation, go here. The AAPC’s Deborah Grider gives you some quick tutorials and some helpful slides.

Tip: If you’re a coder who works for a payer, the AAPC has a handy free webinar track designed especially for you.

I really like this handy ICD-9 to ICD-10 code translator tool available on the AAPC web site. The folks at AAPC have developed the tool from CMS files, and I’ve enjoyed playing around on it to get an idea of how my diagnosis coding will change with ICD-10.

Finally, the complete set of ICD-10 codes is available here from CMS. I’ve not read it cover to cover. Perhaps I’ll save it for beach reading this summer.

Want easy, quick ways to learn more about ICD-10? Stay tuned to Coding News. Will teach you as we learn ourselves.

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