Preparations f/2or the new ICD-10 code set that will officially go into effect on October 1, 2014 are now underway. To get ready, new software must be installed and tested, our staff members must be trained, new policies and guidelines must be developed, and crosswalks that will convert ICD-9 codes to their ICD-10 equivalents must be created. There are approximately 68,000 codes in the ICD-10 code set, compared to the 13,000 codes in the ICD-9 set.
The ICD-10 project that will replace the 30-year-old ICD-9 with ICD-10 is expected to provide higher-quality information for measuring healthcare service quality, safety, and efficacy. This will in turn provide better data for quality management, clinical research and analysis, and operational reporting and payment management.