The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a follow-up national provider conference call on "ICD-10 Implementation in a 5010 Environment". Subject matter experts will review basic information on both ICD-10 and 5010 and explain how they are interrelated. A question and answer session will follow the presentations.

• ICD-10 implementation for services provided on and after October 1, 2013,
• Differences between ICD-10 and ICD-9-CM codes,
• ICD-10-CM basic information for all users,
• Tools for converting codes – General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs), and
• Proposal to freeze ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 code updates except for new technologies and diseases.

• Compliance dates and timelines (No contingencies),
• 5010 before and after ICD-10 Implementation,
• Readiness review for implementing HIPAA version 5010 and D.0,
• What you need to be doing to prepare,
• Medicare fee-for-service activities update, and
• Other issues and considerations.

Continuing education credits may be awarded by the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) or the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) for participation in CMS National Provider Conference calls.

If you have attended or are planning to attend one of CMS' National Provider Conference Calls, you should be aware that CMS does not provide certificates of attendance for these calls. Instead, the AAPC will accept your e-mailed confirmation and call description as proof of participation. Please retain a copy of your e-mailed confirmation for these calls as the AAPC will request them for any conference call you entered into your CEU Tracker if you are chosen for CEU verification. Members are awarded one (1) CEU per hour of participation.

AHIMA credential-holders may claim 1 CEU per 60 minutes of attendance at an educational program. Maintain documentation about the program for verification purposes in the event of an audit. A program does not need to be pre-approved by AHIMA, nor does a CEU certificate need to be provided, in order to claim AHIMA CEU credit. For detailed information about AHIMA's CEU requirements, see the Recertification Guide on AHIMA's web site.

If you require services for the hearing impaired, please send an e-mail request to medicare.ttt@palmettogba.com no later than 3 business days before the event.