ICD-10, set to take effect Oct. 1, will impact both clinical and administrative staff. Here are four tips for training both sets of staff, according to CMS.
Clinical staff
• Focus on documentation and new coding concepts
Administrative and coding staff
• Focus on ICD-10 fundamentals
• Review superbills, encounter forms and practice management system reports to identify most commonly used ICD-10 codes
• Establish a process for looking up ICD-10 codes similar to the process for looking up ICD-9 codes