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.
2. We will use only ICD-10-PCS in post-acute care.
3. We will use seventh character extensions of “D” for aftercare when coding fractures and injuries in ICD-10-CM.
4. There will be the same number of disease codes in ICD-9-CM as in ICD-10-CM.
5. Post-acute care providers are required to use external cause codes.
6. There is a direct crosswalk or mapping from ICD-9 to ICD-10 codes.
7. There are four cooperating parties who approve the clinical modification of ICD-10 for the United States.
8. Workers Compensation and Auto Insurance are not required to comply with ICD-10.
9. We will now be able to code laterality in ICD-10.
10. The ICD-10 codes now have up to four characters.
11. Sequelae is the new term for late effects in ICD-10.
12. Section II of the Official Coding Guidelines provides instruction for selecting principal diagnosis.
13. It will take approximately three to six months to prepare for ICD-10.
14. New coding books need to be purchased every year as they are updated each October.
15. Claims with September 2015 service dates will have ICD-9 codes on them.
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
