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AHIMA Supports CMS Steps to Adopt ICD-10 Upgrades
September 5th, 2008
"The American Health Information Management Association is excited to hear the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to adopt ICD-10 Classification upgrades. We regard this as a significant step forward in the march toward the use of classification systems that reflect twenty-first century medical knowledge within a foreseeable timeframe. AHIMA is also hopeful that CMS can digest the responses to the proposed rule and promptly issue final rules in order for the healthcare industry to, at long last, get ICD-10 implementation rolling. "However, while we wait for a final rule from CMS, there is much the healthcare industry can do to prepare for implementation and...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-09-05)
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