If the United States is going to change the system it uses for the coding of diagnoses, it ought to implement a state-of-the art diagnosis coding system. It should not waste resources on ICD-10-CM and its archaic structure, which cannot support a modern health information infrastructure.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
President signs bill delaying switch, now it's the law
President Obama signed H.R. 4302 into law on April 1. Thus the switch to ICD-10 is officially delayed to October 1, 2015.
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