TriZetto inks coding deal with 3M Health

The TriZetto Group has signed an agreement with 3M Health Information Systems, giving TriZetto certain exclusivity to include the 3M ICD-10 Code Translation Tool with services for paye\ors under its TriZetto Advantage 10 Services line.

TriZetto will initially integrate the 3M technology in a provider contract modeling service and ICD-10 translation mapping service to help efforts to comply with the ICD-10 requirements, TriZetto, of Newport Beach, Calif., said.

The two new services leveraging the 3M ICD-10 Code Translation Tool are targeted to be available in the second quarter of 2010, and will be offered as software-as-a-service, according to TriZetto.

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