ICD-10: Medicare Inpatient Billing System Divides AMA, Manufacturers
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
HCFA's ICD-10 procedural coding system is too complex to be adopted in its current form, the American Medical Association recommends in contrast to AdvaMed, which seeks "rapid" implementation of the system to replace ICD-9-CM.
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