AMA Votes to Stop the Implementation of ICD-10
November 11, 2011 – The AMA, on the last day (November 15) of their semi-annual meeting, voted to “work vigorously to stop implementation of ICD-10” which is set to begin on October 1, 2013, citing the healthcare industry’s full plate of changes and reforms, including the federal push for electronic health records.
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“The implementation of ICD-10 will create significant burdens on the practice of medicine with no direct benefit to individual patients’ care,” stated AMA President Dr. Peter W. Carmel in a news release. He also added that “At a time when we are working to get the best value possible for our healthcare dollar, this massive and expensive undertaking will add administrative expense and create unnecessary workflow disruptions.”
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ICD-10 is the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision of diagnostic and procedural codes which has been increased to 69,000 diagnosis codes from the ICD-9 version of 14,000 diagnosis codes.
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