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April 2015

Here’s 2015 schedule for ICD-10 educational presentations

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will continue to offer ICD-10 educational presentations once a month in 2015 from April to September.

These sessions provide:

  • An overview of ICD-10
  • Differences between the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM code sets
  • Review of the top ten most frequently reported diagnosis codes
  • Steps and resources for readiness and testing

All classes will be held at the New Hudson Conference Center, located at 53200 Grand River, New Hudson. The sessions take place from 9 to 11 a.m., with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m.

To register, send an email to Icd-10providerreadiness@bcbsm.com. Include your name, provider office name, address, phone number, email, PIN and the date of the class you wish to attend.

You’ll receive confirmation within 72 business hours of registering.

Here are the 2015 ICD-10 training dates:

  • Thursday, April 9, in the Teal Conference Room
  • Tuesday, May 5, in the Midnight Conference Room
  • Tuesday, June 9, in the Midnight Conference Room
  • Tuesday, July 14, in the Midnight Conference Room
  • Tuesday, Aug. 11, in the Midnight Conference Room
  • Thursday, Sept. 10, in the Midnight Conference Room

For ICD-10 provider readiness resources, visit cms.gov/icd10 or roadto10.org.**

Also, Blue Cross is providing a monthly ICD-10 provider readiness webinar. Registration for these webinars will be provided in web-DENIS the week before the webinar. The webinars are scheduled for the third Monday of the month from 1 to 2 p.m. through September.

If you’d like to view prior Precyse University presentations and download the presentations, click here.**

New this year is the ICD-10 Health Plan Collaborative, which includes Blue Cross, Priority Health, Humana, United HealthCare and Health Alliance Plan. The collaborative is offering a series of one-hour webinars every other Thursday at noon. The next one will be held April 2.

These webinars are focused on specific specialties. The topic and registration link will be provided via web-DENIS prior to the session.

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