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With the deadline for the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coming Oct. 1, 2015, a number of organizations are helping health care professionals prepare for the shift. In addition to the links in the related articles, the following resources were also created to help educate practitioners about billing and coding using the new code set.

The American Optometric Association (AOA) offers the 2015 AOA ICD-10 Codes for Optometry with Express Mapping Card and AMA CPT. Approved and recommended by AOA’s coding experts, the bundled coding products provide the tools needed for optometric professionals to confidently transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10.

RevolutionEHR offers a recorded webinar on “The ABCs of ICD-10.”  The electronic health record software provider’s CEO Scott Jens, OD, FAAO, leads a webinar to educate optometrists about ICD-10 and provide the history of ICD and the anatomy of ICD-10 while also sharing specific examples of ICD-10 codes for common ocular conditions.

PECAA is offering a webinar, “Are You Ready for ICD-10” on June 25, and a previous webinar is now available online, “Transitioning to ICD-10-CM: Planning the Journey to Implementation.”

VisionWeb includes the following ICD-10 resources on its blogs:
- 7 Facts about ICD-10
- Quiz: Can You Get a Perfect 10 on the Quiz about ICD-10
- ICD-10 Challenges You Might Face

Primary Eyecare Network (a network of independent optometrists and division of ABB Optical Group) is offering three educational programs about ICD-10 this summer: ICD-10-CM Part 1 and ICD-10-CM Part 2 one-hour online classes will be presented Aug. 5 and Sept. 2, and the two-day COPE continuing education class on “Countdown to ICD-10: Managing the Transition” will be presented by John McGreal, OD, in Irvine and Pleasanton, Calif., Sat., Aug. 15 at 8am to Sunday Aug. 16 at 12pm.

The Physicians Foundation, working with medical student Parth Desai, developed the following ICD-10 resources,  featuring a free set of interactive courses; a ChartBuilder to help build, save and print your own personalized ICD-10 charts; and a BulkConverter to convert all of your ICD-9 codes to ICD-10 at the touch of a button.

Of course, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extensive ICD-10 information and educational resources on its website.  Among the ICD-10 conversion tools CMS offers are “Road to 10,” an online resource built with input from providers in small practices, videos on Navigating the Road Ahead and Clinical Documentation, the ICD-10 Introduction fact sheet, and the opportunity to sign up for email updates about ICD-10.