ICD-10 Essentials for Long-Term Care: Your Guide to Preparation and Implementation

If ICD-10 implementation is not on your radar, it should be. To remain profitable and compliant under the new coding system, your facility must prepare now for the transition. Author Karen Fabrizio provides you with a three-step plan that takes you from understanding the differences between ICD-9 and ICD-10 to full-scale ICD-10 readiness at your facility with ICD-10 Essentials for Long-Term Care: Your Guide to Preparation and Implementation.

You will learn the fundamentals of ICD-10 coding, what you can do today to manage the transition to ICD-10, and how to prepare for the impact on your daily operations. Complete with a chronological, step-by-step ICD-10 implementation action plan for your entire facility, this book is the perfect primer to get you where you need to be in order to survive and thrive under ICD-10.

ICD-10 Essentials for Long-Term Care will help you:

- Implement simple procedural changes immediately to ease the burden of the transition in future months
- Familiarize your coders with the ICD-10 format to ensure a smooth transition during implementation
- Develop timelines to train clinicians in new documentation requirements
- Achieve leadership buy-in for the necessary budget, policy changes, and infrastructure upgrade to accommodate ICD-10 requirements
- Execute a step-by-step action plan throughout your facility to ensure timely ICD-10 readiness

Table of Contents

PART I: Understanding the Fundamentals of ICD-10-CM Coding
Introduction
The Origins of ICD Coding
Getting to Know the ICD-10-CM Manual
Understanding the Coding Manual: Format and Setup
Conventions and Terms
Five Easy Steps to Accurate Coding

PART II: Long-Term Care Specifics: What You Need to Know
Primary and Other Diagnoses
Effective Management of the Coding Process
Coverage Criteria
The MDS 3.0
Reimbursement
Quality Measures
Ethical Coding Practice

PART III: ICD-10-CM Preparation and Implementation
ICD-10 Implementation Planning
Administration, Leadership, and Support
Managing the Coding Function
Fiscal and Billing Necessities
Information Systems Readiness
Performance Improvement Data
Compliance Oversight