ICD-10 Training Needs and Provider Checklist

CMS recommends the following training timelines:

  • Provide intensive training no sooner than six to nine months prior to implementation for coders who will not assign ICD-10-CM/PCS codes until compliance date
  • Provide 50 hours training to hospital inpatient coders (ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS)
  • Provide 16 hours training to other coders (ICD-10-CM only)

ICD-10 coding training will be integrated into the continuing education units (CEUs) that certified coders must take to maintain their credentials.

Specialists will want to look for specialty-specific ICD-10 training offered by societies and professional organizations.

ICD-10 resources and training materials will be available through CMS, professional associations and societies, and software and system vendors.

Checklist
  1. Confirm that the following contacts are ready to provide the support needed to meet the compliance date:
    • Billing service
    • Clearinghouse
    • Practice management software vendor
  2. Identify ICD-9 touch points in systems and business processes
  3. Identify needs and resources, such as training, printing, etc.
  4. Determine if billing forms need to be updated