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While Geoff Robinson has solved the problem for $p=2$, it may be worth to point out that the answer is "No" for all primes, for the following reason: It is known (see Curtis-Reiner, Methods of Rep'n Theory) that the group ring $\mathbb{Z}_p G$ has infinite representation type, if $G$ is a cyclic $p$-group of order $\geq p^3$ (or if $G$ is a non-cyclic $p$-group, but that is not relevant here). On the other hand, $\mathbb{F}_p G$ has finite representation type (for $G$ cyclic). So we find an indecomposable $\mathbb{Z}_p G$-lattice $M$ that decomposes when reduced mod $p$. On the other hand, we may lift the summands of $M/pM$ to $\mathbb{Z}_p G$-lattices and form their direct sum, $N$ (say). Then $M/pM\cong N/pN$, but $M\not\cong N$. More generally, the result is wrong if $p^3$ divides $m$. On the positive side, it is true when $p$ does not divide $m$.