Does the ICD-10 transition put patient safety at risk?

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association has raised concerns over the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 Patient Safety Indicators, according to a HealthData Management report.

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The study authors suggest that the ICD-10-CM translation poses risk for:

•    Comparing safety incidents
•    Inflating the number of Patient Safety Indicators
•    Increasing variability of calculations related to the coding system translation

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