Planned Transition to International Classification of Disease-10 (ICD-10) Diagnostic Codes
folder_openData Submissions, Information for Home Health Agenciescalendar_todayPosted October 28, 2014

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the HHCAHPS Coordination Team would like to remind all HHCAHPS survey vendors that CMS’s transition to the use of International Classification of Disease-10 (ICD-10) diagnostic codes on the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) is expected to occur in October 2015. Until then, survey vendors should continue to submit diagnosis information compliant with the ICD-9 format.

In preparation for the transition to ICD-10 codes, the HHCAHPS Coordination Team will modify the HHCAHPS data submission tool and the XML file format. Instructions for how to submit the new codes and updated XML data file layouts will be made available to vendors on the HHCAHPS website by the middle of 2015. The instructions and guidelines will be made available in plenty of time for vendors to develop and test submission of data files with the new format.

If you have any questions about this announcement, please contact the HHCAHPS Survey Coordination Team via e-mail at hhcahps@rti.org or call toll-free at (866) 354-0985.