Debating the Issue

January 24, 2013 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on Debating the Issue

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

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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.