Planning For Compliance: Five Steps For Readiness

We recommend that you organize your planning into five steps for readiness.

1. Initiate, plan, and communicate
   
   • Establish an ICD-10 team with a leader empowered to move the
     process along.
   
   • Set a meeting frequency for the team—ideally, biweekly.
   
   • Determine decision-making authority, including a reporting structure
     that fits within your organization (e.g., to an IT Steering Committee or
     Senior Management).
   
   • Develop a detailed timeline, list of tasks, and anticipated effort.
   
   • Educate leadership and key stakeholders on the impact and
     importance of ICD-10. This is not a flashy project like others you may
     be implementing; it will take effort to get the attention of leadership to