We are all calling our reps and senators, we are all calling our state reps.
We need celebrity endorsement of the cause..
I encourage Dr. Nancy Snyderman https://plus.google.com/108193683342883133875/posts on G+ and @DrNancyNBCNEWS on twitter
AND any other celebrity Doctor/Medical expert with a handle on the public's opinion, to champion the cause for ICD-10.
ICD-9 has no code for Ebola, but that is only part of the story. Without the specificity in ICD-10 we cannot advance the health of the nation and protect ourselves or our loved ones.
Great article below, click through to read...
The Greater Good and ICD-10 - HITECH Answers : HITECH Answers
The Greater Good and ICD-10
The Value of Precise Morbidity Data
By Rosann M. O’Dell, D.H.Sc., MS, RHIA, CDIP
Twitter: @RosannMODell
Twitter: @RosannMODell
In May of 1990, the 43rd World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization endorsed the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10) and recommended it for international use. Since that time, the adoption of ICD-10 in the United States remains complicated despite United States participation at the World Health Assembly in 1990. As of the present day, a clinical modification of ICD-10 (or, the United States version ICD-10-CM/PCS) remains available but not yet implemented
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