tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 40

HOSPITALS: Hospitals Impatiently Waiting For ICD-10

Critics decry dated ICD-9.Hospitals that are anxious to begin using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes are in the same boat as the American Hospital Association and several other influential health care organizations.The AHA, Federation of American Hospitals and Advanced Medical Technology Association submitted a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mark McClellan on Sept. 20, urging him to expedite the implementation of ICD-10. The current Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification  is "becoming more outdated every day," and the National Committee on Vital Statistics said that this version was outdated back in 2003...

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