At the American Medical Association's 2012 House of Delegates meeting, members voted to evaluate ICD-11 as a possible alternative to ICD-9, while the ICD-10 implementation date looms nearer, according to Dynamic Chiropractic.
The deadline for all healthcare systems to be ICD-10 compliant was extended to Oct. 1, 2014, according to current Health and Human Services guidelines. That leaves only 15 months for the AMA to decide if ICD-11 is worth pursuing instead, effectively skipping over ICD-10.
The World Health Organization, which publishes the International Classification of Diseases, should have a final draft of ICD-11 for official endorsement by 2015.
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The deadline for all healthcare systems to be ICD-10 compliant was extended to Oct. 1, 2014, according to current Health and Human Services guidelines. That leaves only 15 months for the AMA to decide if ICD-11 is worth pursuing instead, effectively skipping over ICD-10.
The World Health Organization, which publishes the International Classification of Diseases, should have a final draft of ICD-11 for official endorsement by 2015.
More Articles on Coding:
5 Steps to Prepare for ICD-10 Starting Now
AHIMA to Release ICD-10 Online Preparatory Courses
Texas Medical Center Saves $50K by Optimizing Revenue Cycle