HCL Technologies has been chosen by the United Health Group, a leading US healthcare payer, to support its transition to ICD-10 diagnostic and procedure codes. According to the agreement, United Health Group will incorporate HCL’s Proprietary ICD Crosswalk Mapping (iCRM) tool into its healthcare management portfolio to ensure a smooth transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10. HCL’s Proprietary ICD Crosswalk Mapping (iCRM) tool will help identify the inherent financial implications of the transition and help in developing a roadmap to effectively deal with the issues.
“HCL is committed to helping the healthcare industry prepare for the ICD-10 transition and will continue to add value to the customers through our comprehensive service offerings,” said Pradep Nair, Senior Vice President for Healthcare, HCL Technologies. “Leveraging our deep domain expertise and ability to accelerate the ICD-10 process, our customers will be able to realize the benefits of ICD-10 transition quickly.” he added.
HCL conducted significant research prior to beginning the transition process for UHG and analyzed historical data for more than six months, which included 600 million claims service lines.
HCL’s iCRM provides features to analyze data, configure rules and automate the mapping from ICD-9 to ICD-10 codes. iCRM will help Payers address all crosswalk requirements at an enterprise level.