CMS Guide Instructs Practices on Internal, External ICD-10 Testing

CMS extensively covers ICD-10 implementation testing scenarios in its “ICD-10 Implementation Guide for Small and Medium Practices,” according to an ICD-10 Watch report.

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Prior to testing, study your practice’s workflow; identify when you can run test claims with ICD-10; and plan to prioritize and sequence tasks that support critical claim submitting paths.

Testing should verify that your information systems can store the expanded structure of ICD-10 codes and qualifiers. It should also verify that edits and business rules based on ICD-9-CM codes work correctly with ICD-10, according to the report.

For full information, view the guidebook online.

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