Health organizations ask for no further ICD-10 delays | NueMD Industry News
November 25, 2014, by Kevin McCarthy
Physicians who are anticipating another postponement of ICD-10 are at odds with some of the nation's largest healthcare organizations. These industry professionals do not want to see another delay in the coding switch and have voiced their opinions to the government.
Impact of postponement
ICD-10, the medical coding system set to replace ICD-9, was initially scheduled to be implemented in 2011. There have been four delays in the U.S. transition date, the most recent of which set Oct. 1, 2015, as the final deadline.
Many small healthcare providers have struggled to make the necessary preparations for the switch, and this was one of the reasons the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the postponement. However, many industry experts believe that continuing to use ICD-9 is hurting both providers and patients.
Many developed nations, including China, Canada, France and Germany, have been using ICD-10 for years. Because the U.S. is using an outdated coding system, it makes information exchange with other countries difficult and time-consuming.
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) also noted that ICD-10 has potential to track diseases and health trends across the country better than ICD-9. The increased specificity of the coding system will help healthcare agencies to collect more accurate data, which can be used to prevent and treat diseases.
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