MDS Alert

Know whether your September 2015 claims should contain ICD-9 or ICD-10 codes.

Do you really understand the ins and outs of ICD-10? Test your ICD-10-CM know-how with this quick quiz, from post-acute care consulting firm Pathway Health in White Bear Lake, Minn.:

1. The final compliance date for implementation of ICD-10-CM is Oct. 1, 2015.

• True
• False

2. We will use only ICD-10-PCS in post-acute care.

• True
• False

3. We will use seventh character extensions of “D” for aftercare when coding fractures and injuries in ICD-10-CM.

• True
• False

4. There will be the same number of disease codes in ICD-9-CM as in ICD-10-CM.

• True
• False

5. Post-acute care providers are required to use external cause codes.

• True
• False

6. There is a direct crosswalk or mapping from ICD-9 to ICD-10 codes.

• True
• False

7. There are four cooperating parties who approve the clinical modification of ICD-10 for the United States.

• True
• False

8. Workers Compensation and Auto Insurance are not required to comply with ICD-10.

• True
• False

9. We will now be able to code laterality in ICD-10.

• True
• False

10. The ICD-10 codes now have up to four characters.

• True
• False

11. Sequelae is the new term for late effects in ICD-10.

• True
• False

12. Section II of the Official Coding Guidelines provides instruction for selecting principal diagnosis.

• True
• False

13. It will take approximately three to six months to prepare for ICD-10.

• True
• False

14. New coding books need to be purchased every year as they are updated each October.

• True
• False

15. Claims with September 2015 service dates will have ICD-9 codes on them.

• True
• False

ANSWER KEY: 1) True   2) False   3) True   4) False   5) False   6) False   7) True   8) True   9) True   10) False   11) True   12) True   13) True   14) True   15) True