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Transitioning to ICD-10-CM/PCS: The Essential Guide to General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs) is an introduction to the general purpose translation tool created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with assistance from both the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Users of ICD-9-CM coded data-including coding professionals, HIM professionals, data managers and analysts, health statistics analysts, informatics professionals, auditors, and consultants-need a clear path in their transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS. Transitioning to ICD-10-CM/PCS: The Essential Guide to General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs) covers all the critical GEMs-related information needed to assist these individuals with data conversion in one handy manual, ideal for both small and large projects.