We just reported yesterday on the American Medical Association’s (AMA) continued battle to stop the ICD-10 coding classification transition that is due to be finished in October 2014. Today, we learn about the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) responses to their protests.
Becker’s ASC Review brought this timely topic to our attention in their article, “AHIMA, CMS Respond to ICD-10 Criticism.” The article reminds those that are complaining about ICD-10 that the U.S. healthcare system has outgrown ICD-9, and ICD-11 is not ready to work in this country. This leaves ICD-10 as the next step for healthcare organizations.
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Melody K. Smith
Sponsored by Access Innovations, the world leader in thesaurus, ontology, and taxonomy creation and metadata application.
