AMIA’s ICD-9 to ICD-10 transition tool pinpoints which transitions will be easier and harder.
According to their data, obstetrics, psychiatry and emergency medicine will be the most challenging while hematology and oncology will be easier.
Also, 27 percent of emergency room diagnoses will have convoluted mappings.
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