The Costs and Benefits of Moving to the ICD-10 Code Sets
ResearchPublished Jun 3, 2004
In spring 2003, the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics asked RAND to conduct a study of the benefits and costs of switching from ICD-9-CM (International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification) codes for diagnoses and procedures to two code sets based on the 10th revision of ICD: ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. This technical report presents RAND’s first-order analysis of the benefits and costs of mandating such a switch (either simultaneously or sequentially). The author estimates a dollar range for (1) costs in the areas of additional training for coders, the impact on productivity, and system changes, and (2) benefits in the areas of more-accurate payments for new procedures; fewer miscoded, rejected, and improper reimbursement claims; better understanding of the value of new procedures; improved disease management; and better understanding of health care outcomes. He concludes that that switching to both ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS is likely to generate more benefits than costs but that the switch, if it takes place, should be simultaneous and not sequential.
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- Year: 2004
- Print Format: Paperback
- Paperback Pages: 84
- Paperback Price: $20.00
- Paperback ISBN/EAN: 978-0-8330-3585-1
- Document Number: TR-132-DHHS
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Libicki, Martin C. and Irene T. Brahmakulam, The Costs and Benefits of Moving to the ICD-10 Code Sets, RAND Corporation, TR-132-DHHS, 2004. As of September 11, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR132.html
Libicki, Martin C. and Irene T. Brahmakulam, The Costs and Benefits of Moving to the ICD-10 Code Sets. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2004. https://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR132.html. Also available in print form.
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