Testing your Electronic (837) claims for ICD-10 Readiness

Testing your Electronic (837) claims for ICD-10 Readiness

The new implementation date for ICD-10 is still on track for October 1, 2015. Are you ready? In an effort to assist our
clients with the ICD-10 transition, we are offering this guide to assist you with testing claims via your respective clearinghouse. <br. We encourage you to contact your clearinghouse for their specific guide and area that they wish for you to upload your electronic claims.

Where do I get ICD-10 codes?

ICD-10 codes are available on http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/icd10/ . CMS.gov also offers guidance for the ICD-10 transition. If you have previously purchased AMA codes from us, we will be able to import the data set of ICD-10 codes provided by CMS directly into your database upon request. You need only to call us at 1-800-248-4298 or e-mail your request to support@duxware.com. If you wish to add your own ICD-10 codes, you can certainly do that as well. We will cover how to add diagnosis codes in this guide. Payers and patient claims to test We suggest that you test with your top five payers – a few claims with each payer with a variety of encounter types. If you have an EMR (Electronic Medical Record) vendor, you can send test claims via your normal method through your EMR, create your claim with ICD-10 codes and gather for testing. If you are not ready to test with your EMR vendor, you can create your claims manually. Diagnosis Management – Add/Edit Please select the link below to access the Diagnosis Management Guide: http://help.duxware.com/index.php/Diagnosis_Add/Edit Payer Setup Option for ICD Level Selection ICD Level Option in Payer Setup Once ICD-10 is fully implemented, the practice will have an option to select the ICD level for payers in their database. For example, there will be payers that will not be required under HIPAA regulations to process claims with ICD-10 codes. The Practice Administrator or designated billing staff will need to watch their respective clearinghouse payer list to know which payers will not accept ICD-10 codes. Once the compliance date has come to implement ICD-10, and a payer does not accept ICD-10 level codes, access the payer's setup in DuxWare, and select ICD Level 9 as illustrated in the help link below: To access payer setup: Select Support/General/Payer Setup http://help.duxware.com/index.php/ICD_Level_Option_in_Payer_Setup

Submitting your ICD-10 test file via the Claim Manager We suggest that you file all other ICD-9 claims and clear claims out of the Claim Manager when you get ready to test your ICD-10 claims. If you are a busy practice, you may have a few claims pull into the Claim Manager, you can de-select them to keep the ICD-9 claims from being added into your test file. After reviewing and preparing your ICD-10 test claims and payers, you will need to change your ANSI setup (Production/Test) ISA15 from Production to Test in the Claim Manager. If you don’t feel comfortable editing the Claim Manager ANSI setup, please call our Support Line at 1-800-248-4298, and one of our Support Staff will change it for you. You’ll just have to remember to call us when you want it changed back to “Production” mode. See illustration below: Select the edit icon for your clearinghouse setup.

Select the “Submitter” tab, then change the ISA 15 to “Test”. Click Save.

• • • • IMPORTANT**** Remember to change the ISA15 back to Production after you submit your test file.

Gather your test file for submission to the clearinghouse. Remember to de-select non-test claims before creating the test batch. Select the clearinghouse setup to gather claims for your ICD-10 test file:

When you have selected your test claims, you will go through the normal batch creation and submission process.

Once you have saved your test file, you can log in to your clearinghouse, and follow their guide for where to upload your ICD-10 test file for analysis. When you have completed creating and submitting your test file you will need to: Change your ANSI Clearinghouse setup back to “Production” Delete your test claims. (If you don’t delete test claims, it will negatively affect your daily reporting. You can always un-delete the test claim for re-testing.) Check the analysis report with your clearinghouse and report any problems to our Support Staff, so that we can assist with a resolution.