ICD-10 testing for professional providers begins in October

With so many other changes going on in the industry, many people are putting the ICD-10 transition on the “back burner.” However, this is a huge transition and one that everyone should begin now (if they haven’t already).

BCBSM’s ICD-10 testing tool for our professional health care providers will be available beginning in October 2013. Here are a few notes about the test tool:

• The test tool will be available starting in October 2013 and will continue through the ICD-10 implementation date of Oct. 1, 2014.
• Testing is done through a web-based assessment; no special software or lengthy test requirements will be needed.
• It is “content based” and “specialty specific,” which means that professional health care providers will be presented with several medical scenarios and be able to code the scenarios in ICD-10.
• Scenarios are based on specialties (internal medicine, oncology, etc.) and providers will need to register for each specialty they are interested in testing.

For more information about testing, or to initiate the registration process, send an email with contact information to icd-10providertesting@bcbsm.com.