Hi, I ?m Cathy Lehmann a Clinical Analyst at Amazing Charts.
I agree with the advice re: mapping your most frequently used diagnoses from ICD 9 to ICD 10 CM. If you start to practice with the coding, break it down,and remember the 80/20 rule it's more manageable. There are a lot of resources/tools out there for ICD 10 CM. There are tools for both ICD 10 and for ICD 10 CM which is the Clinical Modifications version that CMS will transition to in October 2014. Check the tool you use to see if it is based on ICD 10 CM or the International version of ICD 10.
There is a distinction between the two. Many refer to ? ICD10? when they mean ICD 10 CM. CMS itself sometimes refers to ICD 10 CM by just ?ICD10?, but the International version of ICD 10 is not the same as the National Clinical Modifications of ICD 10 CM (which has much more detail and many many more codes).
