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ICD-10 delay appears DOA in Congress this year #ICD10 #ICDRemediator #ICD10Matters #HealthIT

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ICD-10 delay appears DOA in Congress this year - Modern HealthcareVital Signs | The healthcare business blog from Modern Healthcare

By Joseph Conn and Paul Demko  | December 8, 2014



A proposal to delay implementation of ICD-10 diagnostic and procedure codes by an additional two years appears to be going nowhere in the current lame duck session of Congress. 



“That's not going to happen,” said a veteran healthcare consultant who tracks the issue closely, speaking on background. “The reports of them ever getting traction were overrated.” 



The Texas Medical Association has been lobbying for the two-year delay. The nation's largest state medical society for physicians, with 48,000 members, wants to push back the adoption date for the oft-delayed change to 2017. 



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