ICD‐10
The transition to ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS is anticipated to improve the capture of healthcare information and bring the United States in step with coding systems worldwide. For those who prepare appropriately, leveraging the ICD-10 investment will allow organizations to move beyond compliance to achieve competitive advantage. The fundamental and pervasive nature of coded data on the practice of health information management makes this transition is of critical significance to health information management professionals.
The value of this transition will be broad and far-reaching throughout the healthcare industry, and will result in:
- Greater coding accuracy and specificity
- Higher quality information for measuring healthcare service quality, safety, and efficiency
- Improved efficiencies and lower costs
- Greater achievement of the benefits of an electronic health record
- Recognition of advances in medicine and technology
- Alignment of the US with coding systems worldwide
- Improved ability to track and respond to international public health threats
- Enhanced ability to meet HIPAA electronic transaction/code set requirements
- Increased value in the US investment in SNOMED-CT
- Space to accommodate future expansion
When healthcare industry changes affect required competencies of AHIMA Certified Professionals, the Commission on Certification for Health Informatics and Information Management (CCHIIM) is committed to providing assurance for all industry stakeholders that AHIMA Certified Professionals possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities corresponding to each AHIMA credential, as necessitated by the aforementioned changes. Specifically, implementation of the ICD-10- CM/PCS classification systems represents a major change from the current ICD-9-CM system for the reasons noted above.
AHIMA Certified Professionals are required by CCHIIM to participate in a predetermined number of mandatory baseline educational experiences specific to ICD-10-CM/PCS. These ICD-10-CM/PCS specific CEUs will count as part of all AHIMA certificants’ total CEU requirements for the purpose of recertification. Stated differently, the following CEU requirements will be included as part of each certificants’ total, required CEUs, by credential, per CEU Cycle.
The total number of ICD-10-CM/PCS continuing education units (CEUs) required, by AHIMA credential, is as follows:
- CHPS – 1 CEU
- CHDA – 6 CEUs
- RHIT – 6 CEUs
- RHIA – 6 CEUs
- CCS-P – 12 CEUs
- CCS – 18 CEUs
- CCA – 18 CEUs
*6 CEUs = 1 day of training
Certificants who hold more than one AHIMA credential will only report the highest number of CEUs from among all credentials held. For example, if a certificant has both an RHIA and CCS, the certificant would normally report 40 (30 CEUs for RHIA and an additional 10 CEUs for CCS) CEUs per recertification cycle, and 18 of these CEUs will be required to cover ICD-10-CM/PCS. AHIMA Certified Professionals can begin earning ICD-10-CM/PCS specific CEUs during the period of January 1, 2011 thru December 31, 2013.
For a list of AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Trainers, click here.
NYHIMA will also include a number of ICD-10 related seminars and/or webinars as part of our year-round calendar of educational events. Refer to the Events List for upcoming educational events and watch your email box for individual invitations.
