IMO® and ICD-10 Compliance
IMO® Problem (IT) customers currently have mappings from our terms to ICD-9-CM and will receive mappings to ICD-10-CM beginning in October 2011, well in advance of the October 1, 2013 regulatory deadline. Every existing IMO® clinician-friendly term will have a map to an ICD-10-CM code whenever possible. If clinicians have previously used IMO diagnostic terms currently mapped to ICD-9-CM, they will be able to continue using these same terms, but the terms will also be mapped to ICD-10-CM.
In addition, ICD-10-CM brings with it a large increase of detail from a coding perspective. Some of this extra coding detail is also clinically significant and IMO® is creating new clinician-friendly terminology to represent this increased level of detail. These new terms will allow clinicians to document patient encounters with even greater clinical precision. IMO® is committed to delivering the highest-quality mappings possible. In support of this commitment, AHIMA will review the mappings to ICD-10-CM as they have been doing with our mappings to ICD-9-CM.
IMO® has an ICD-10-CM transition strategy, plan, and team in place. The team includes clinicians, terminologists, health information management professionals, and software engineers. The team has defined the new architecture, data models, and tools necessary to support mapping to ICD-10-CM and implementation of those mappings. We have begun mapping our terms to ICD-10-CM, and the mapping process is well under way. We will be updating our content, release file formats, and documentation as well. The IMO® team will also be available for questions, assistance, and training regarding the move to ICD-10-CM. Mappings to ICD-10-CM will be available in October 2011.
Diagnostic coding is encounter-based, and encounters prior to October 1, 2013 will still require coding with ICD-9-CM. Encounters on or after the deadline will require coding with ICD-10-CM. Coding in ICD-9-CM may also be necessary after the switchover to support reporting and trend analysis. Thus, health care organizations initially will need to be able to submit claims either ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM. IMO® will continue to maintain mappings to both coding systems during this transition period.
There are significant structural differences between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM, and diagnostic codes are used throughout electronic health record systems. These changes may affect data models, searching, data entry, user interfaces, reporting, and billing. IMO® is working closely with vendor partners on necessary changes and testing in their applications to support the new ICD-10-CM data. This early collaboration between IMO® and vendor partners should result in a smoother transition for our joint customers.
IMO® is your partner for the transition to ICD-10-CM. We understand concerns about implementing ICD-10-CM, given the size, complexity, and uncertainty surrounding the changes. Customers already using Problem (IT) will receive mappings to ICD-10-CM in advance of the regulatory deadline. IMO will continue the tradition of delivering the clinician-friendly terms and high-quality maps to diagnostic codes that our clients have come to expect. We are working with vendor partners to be sure that the terms and maps work properly in their applications. IMO's goal is to provide customers with a seamless transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM.
AHIMA does not endorse, recommend, or grant approval to, any commercial firm, product or process. AHIMA does not make any representation or claim about the fitness of any map, or whether the use of any map is appropriate for any particular application or purpose. AHIMA reviews a terminology map provided to it and assesses the accuracy of the map between a source terminology vocabulary and target system such as the ICM-9-CM code. AHIMA review is performed in the absence of any context involving a particular patient or course of treatment. AHIMA is a registered trademark of American Health Information Management Association.
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