ICD-10 for IT Professionals

Up to 30+ IT systems could be affected by an ICD-10 transition in a small healthcare facility.

As the deadline approaches for ICD-10 conversion, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will require an evaluation and remediation of any financial, clinical and operational system that utilizes ICD-9 codes. Remediation can come in the form of upgrades, replacements or consolidations.

The shift in both the size and data type of the codes in ICD-10 could impact information technology systems, similar in scale to Y2K. Combined with the documentation reporting complexity, reminiscent of Sarbanes-Oxley, the transition to ICD-10 will require significant planning and preparation.

Kforce Healthcare Solutions’ readiness assessment includes a review of third party vendors to reveal business and financial systems that may be at risk. This can help improve project management decisions that can affect productivity and cash flow.

A Kforce Healthcare Solutions ICD-10 readiness assessment will lay the foundation for:

• Remediation estimates and budgets
• Vendor action plans
  
• Process mapping
  
• Process change recommendations
  
• Software, systems and interface considerations
  

Have you started your ICD-10 assessment?

Contact a Kforce Healthcare Solutions professional to discuss how Kforce can help you through the planning, remediation and stabilization phases of your implementation. Contact us at 866-893-9547 or healthcaresolutions@kforce.com