The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (known as "ICD-10") is a medical classification for the coding of diseases and medical procedures. 

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible to oversee the U.S. health care industry's change from ICD-9 to ICD-10 for medical diagnosis and inpatient procedure coding. That is a sea change for the health IT industry requiring thousands of additional codes and a complete modernization of most medical billing and reporting systems.

• The conversion cost for ICD-10 will be nearly $6 billion.

• ICD-10 increases data management from 17,000 codes to over 141,000 codes causing monumental changes to IT and business processes, technologies and training.

• The conversion affects 200,000 medical facilities with each modernization costing from $30 thousand to over $2 million
  

• The conversion deadline is October 2013 – If the medical community does not convert they will not get paid.
  

Everything a medical provider does–from ordering a blood test to putting a cast on a broken ankle–is assigned a code. All must be coded properly to get reimbursed. If the organizations don’t convert to ICD 10, they don’t get paid, guaranteeing they will be spending money on an IT vendor to help them meet the mandate. You can be that IT vendor if you are prepared.

Moderator: Kathy Minchew, President, Federal Insights, LLC co-chairs the Tech America ICD-10 Subcommittee and co-chairs the HHS Vision Conference Committee, and serves on the HIMSS 2009 and 2010 Board of Directors as the Program Chair.

Panel

Sonja Racke, RN, BSB/M, CPC, PCS, Provider Outreach and Education Lead, National Government Services, Medicare. National Government Services is one of the largest Medicare contractors in the country, serving over 240,000 providers and suppliers and over 23.1 million People with Medicare in 20 states and 5 U.S. territories. Ms. Racke is the Clinical Team Lead for the Midwest regions for Medicare programs and the Regional Home Health and Hospice Intermediary. Ms. Racke is also an adjunct faculty member for the National College in the Medical and Health Careers Department.

Kellie Templin, Provider Outreach and Education eCommerce Consultant, National Government Services, leads training and education in the provider community regarding electronic billing and HIPAA. She has an extensive background in member services, telecommunications and information technology which she uses to consult on the comprehensive transition of ICD-10.