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ICD-10 and Urologic Oncology: A Disappointing Combination





ICD-10 and Urologic Oncology: A Disappointing Combination

Leonard G. Gomella, MD

Published Online: Friday, October 24, 2014      

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Sidney Kimmel

Leonard G. Gomella, MD



Professor

Chair, Department of Urology

Director, Kimmel Cancer Center Network



Jefferson University HospitalSAP The 12-month countdown to the adoption of ICD-10 has begun. ICD-10 represents the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (usually referred to as “ICD”), now overseen by the World Health Organization (WHO). The overall goal of the ICD project is to standardize medical diagnosis and track diseases worldwide with the use of uniform codes to improve consistency among physicians and hospitals in recording patient symptoms and diagnoses.



These systems are now also used to more accurately classify reimbursement rates. Although the United States will be adopting this upgrade to ICD-9, we are actually one of the last major countries to implement the ICD-10 system.



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