ICD-10 is Coming Our Way! Hooray! Hooray!

October 25, 2011 / Melody Smith /

With all the talk of and worry about the impending shift to ICD-10 medical coding classifications in 2013, some people are looking for outlets in humor.  This interesting and amusing topic was found on Government Health IT in their article, “What Dr. Seuss might have said about ICD-10.”

With a rhyme using Dr. Seuss wisdom, one author ponders “Will ICD-10 succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! 98 and three-quarters percent guaranteed!” and of course the “Don’t shed tears for ICD-9 passing away, go with the sway, give a cheer – ICD-10 is coming our way!”

Knowing the financial cost poor integration of these codes could cost healthcare providers, we know the pressure they are under and therefore understand the need to blow off some steam. This is something that requires specialized expertise and systems tailored to regulatory requirements. Many widely used tagging systems lack the user friendly interface and may not implement a rigorous ANSI compliant coding subsystem. Access Innovations’ solutions are ANSI compliant and implement state-of-the-art technology to speed tagging and reduce errors.

Melody K. Smith

Sponsored by Data Harmony, a unit of Access Innovations, the world leader in indexing and making content findable.

Posted in ,

Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.

1 Comment

  1. ShimCode on October 25, 2011 at 10:34 am

    Thanks for the mention!

    “You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.”

    {What everyone impacted by ICD-10 must remember today, tomorrow and the next 700+ days}
    http://shimcode.blogspot.com/2011/10/10-things-dr-suess-really-did-say-about.html