ICD-10 Resources
General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs)
The General Equivalence Mappings – ICD-9-CM To and From ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Fact Sheet (March 2009), provides information and resources regarding the General Equivalence Mappings that were developed as a tool to assist with the conversion of International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes to International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition (ICD-10) and the conversion of ICD-10 codes back to ICD-9-CM. The fact sheet is now available for download format from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Learning Network, and has been posted in the CMS Frequently Asked Questions database.
The Second in Series: General Equivalence Mappings – ICD-9-CM to and from ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Fact Sheet (May 2009), which provides basic information about the General Equivalence Mappings (GEM) including possible users of the GEMs, why the GEMs are needed, and how the GEMs files are formatted, as well as Reimbursement Mappings information is now available for download from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Learning Network.
CMS Report on the Impact of ICD-10 Adoption on the Agency’s Business Processes, Systems, and Operations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a report prepared by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) that identifies the impact of adopting the International Classification of Diseases Version 10 (ICD-10) code sets on CMS’ business processes, systems, and operations. The AHIMA report is available on the CMS’ website.
Although the report focuses on the internal operations of CMS, it is also a useful tool for health insurance plans as they assess the plans’ efforts to implement the ICD-10 code sets.