ICD-10 Transition To Impact Specialists More Negatively

Circle Connections: Policy & Regulatory Updates The transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 is likely to impact some specialties more adversely than others, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA). A team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago set out to determine the effect of upgrading from the International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) to ICD-10-CMS codes, which healthcare organizations and providers must demonstrate compliance with by Oct. 1, 2014. In total, ICD-10-CM increases the number of available codes . . .