• General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs) training o Kellina informed that GEMs refresher training will be offered to DHCS in 2 sessions due to the limited seats in the computer training room o Denys suggested that the 1st GEMs training session should be offered to the Hospital Care Team since ICD-10 codes will be received from the EHR o Clarice informed SRA will dual code last quarter of 2015 N(H)AMCS data in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS o Clarice commented that GEMs training is not necessary for the Census FRs o Farida informed that Kellina created an ICD-10-Overview presentation for the FRs o Kellina commented that Amy Blum did an ICD-10 Overview training at DHCS division meeting and wondered if she is available to help with GEMs and ICD-10
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Marni compared the recode list with the AHRQ clinical classification list. The benefit of using the AHRQ list for comparison is that the CCS list has been converted to ICD-10-CM. The Hospital Care Survey 2014 data which consist of ambulatory data will be compared CCS list and the combined recode list.
• Project timeline o Kellina reported that she is still looking for crosswalk between ICD-9 and CPT codes o Carol commented that AHRQ is reporting CPT codes, but not sure if there is CPT user agreement o Kellina reported that the comparability study is currently in progress. Hsiang Kung will provide updates at the next meeting
• CDC ICD-10 update o Cheryl reported that we have received many positive feedbacks about ICD-10 implementation o Clarice inquired if CMS is a little forgiving about coding due the learning curve and the use of the new coding system. Clarice commented that the learning curve and the use of ICD-10 coding system will impact DHCS surveys from 1st to 4th quarter, in a number of codes, level of details and specificity. Therefore, measure the impact and tracking changes would be valuable. o Cheryl responded certainly there will be a learning curve, and she hasn’t heard that CMS will forgive bad coding especially for reimbursement.
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Marni compared the recode list with the AHRQ clinical classification list. The benefit of using the AHRQ list for comparison is that the CCS list has been converted to ICD-10-CM. The Hospital Care Survey 2014 data which consist of ambulatory data will be compared CCS list and the combined recode list.
• Project timeline o Kellina reported that she is still looking for crosswalk between ICD-9 and CPT codes o Carol commented that AHRQ is reporting CPT codes, but not sure if there is CPT user agreement o Kellina reported that the comparability study is currently in progress. Hsiang Kung will provide updates at the next meeting
• CDC ICD-10 update o Cheryl reported that we have received many positive feedbacks about ICD-10 implementation o Clarice inquired if CMS is a little forgiving about coding due the learning curve and the use of the new coding system. Clarice commented that the learning curve and the use of ICD-10 coding system will impact DHCS surveys from 1st to 4th quarter, in a number of codes, level of details and specificity. Therefore, measure the impact and tracking changes would be valuable. o Cheryl responded certainly there will be a learning curve, and she hasn’t heard that CMS will forgive bad coding especially for reimbursement.
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