AHIMA article aims to dispel top ICD-10 misconceptions
An article in the new issue of the Journal of AHIMA aims to dispel several misconceptions regarding ICD-10.
In Myths of ICD-10-CM/PCS, author Sue Bowman, MJ, RHIA, CCS, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) senior director of coding policy and compliance, uses evidence to address the following mistruths: the idea that replacement of ICD-9-CM is not a necessity; the increase in the number of codes from ICD-9 to ICD-10 increases the difficulty of using the new codeset; and that SNOMED CT or ICD-11 represent viable alternatives to ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation.
“The transition to ICD-10 continues to be inevitable and time sensitive,” said AHIMA CEO Lynne Thomas Gordon, MBA, RHIA, CAE. “As the healthcare industry experiences an additional delay in ICD-10 implementation, now is the ideal time to rebut ICD-10 myths that continue to percolate.”
Editor Beth earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s in health communication. She has worked in hospital, academic and publishing settings over the past 20 years. Beth joined TriMed in 2005, as editor of CMIO and Clinical Innovation + Technology. When not covering all things related to health IT, she spends time with her husband and three children.