The ICD-10 Transition and Public Health Surveillance - What You Need to Know

January 31, 2014

Big changes are coming on October 1, 2014, when the US will replace ICD-9-CM with ICD-10 code sets—a system used for classifying health conditions and in-hospital procedures. This change has implications for the way public health officials monitor trends [PDF – 168 KB] in diseases, injuries, healthcare visits, and hospital inpatient procedures. Public health entities should find out if their organization is affected and access helpful resources to plan for the transition by visiting CDC’s ICD-10 Transitionwebsite. Please share this email with others interested in improving public health practice through evidence-based strategies. A library of "Did You Know?" information is available online. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/data/CDC_ICD-10_Transition_FactSheet_12_2013.pdf There are two related classifications of diseases with similar titles, and a third classification on functioning and disability. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is the classification used to code and classify mortality data from death certificates. The International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification is used to code and classify morbidity data from the inpatient and outpatient records, physician offices, and most National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) surveys. What's New ICD-9-CM FY 14 Conversion table(6/2013) 2014 release of the ICD-10-CM(6/2013) NCHS serves as the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for the Family of International Classifications for North America and in this capacity is responsible for coordination of all official disease classification activities in the United States relating to the ICD and its use, interpretation, and periodic revision. The Collaborating Center also is responsible in North America for the WHO Family of International Classifications, which includes the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Public Health Transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS ICD-10-CM/PCS Transition: What You Need to Know D H M S 255 2 6 37 The transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS will take place on October 1, 2014 All users will transition on the same date If your program is covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) then transitioning to ICD-10 code sets is mandatory (How do I know if I am covered by HIPAA?) ICD-10 was implemented for mortality reporting in the U.S. in 1999 CDC has created the ICD-10 Transition Workgroup to help facilitate CDC's transition to the new code sets How do I know if my program will be affected by the transition? Contact Us In the Spotlight Coming Soon -Using the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs) Files training video New!! Transition Overview training video Related Links Join the "ICD-10-CM/PCS Transition" community on phConnect Association of State and Territorial Health Officials International Society for Disease Surveillance