2011 versions of the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS crosswalks now available
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the 2011 versions of the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS crosswalks, formally referred to as the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs), on the ICD-10 website at http://www.cms.gov/ICD10 . See the links on this page for 2011 ICD-10-CM and GEMs and 2011 ICD-10-PCS and GEMs. These updated files complete the requirements of Section 10109(c) of the Affordable Care Act of 2010. The Affordable Care Act required the Secretary of Health and Human Services to task the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee to convene a meeting before January 1, 2011 to receive stakeholder input regarding the crosswalks between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 for the purpose of making appropriate revisions to said crosswalks. Section 10109(c) further requires that these revisions to the crosswalks be posted to the CMS website, and treated as a code set for which the Secretary has adopted a standard. In addition, CMS also has posted a document, ICD-10 GEMs 2011 Version Update, Update Summary. This document describes the number of comments we received, the type of changes recommended, the types of changes made based on the comments, and the types of comments not accepted and reasons why some comments were not accepted. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December Flu Shot Reminder It's a Busy Time of Year. Make each office visit an opportunity to talk with your patients about the importance of getting the seasonal flu vaccination and a one-time pneumococcal vaccination. Remember, Medicare pays for these vaccinations for all beneficiaries with no co-pay or deductible. The seasonal flu and invasive pneumococcal disease kill thousands of people in the United States each year, most of them 65 years of age or older. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also recommends that health care workers and caregivers be vaccinated against the seasonal flu. Protect your patients. Protect your family. Protect yourself. Get Your Flu Vaccine - Not the Flu. Remember - Influenza vaccine plus its administration are covered Part B benefits. Note that influenza vaccine is NOT a Part D covered drug. For information about Medicare's coverage of the influenza vaccine and its administration, as well as related educational resources for health care professionals and their staff, please visit the following CMS websites: http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/Downloads/Flu_Products.pdf and http://www.cms.gov/AdultImmunizations. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Listservs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS). Thank you.
