Some critics of ICD-10 maintain that the medical industry should bypass the 22-year-old code set for ICD-11, but the older system may actually be more beneficial for providers, according to ICD10Watch.
ICD-10 was endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 1990 and began being used by World Health Organization member states in 1994. Because of its age, the code set is "an analog list kept in digital media," according to the report. It does not support relational data or hyperlinks, a problem which will be corrected by ICD-11.
However, the more antiquated code set will help to ease healthcare providers into the change from a vastly more limited ICD-9. ICD-10 is complicated but not too complicated, the report said. It will also allow coders to still use their paper reference books.
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ICD-10 was endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 1990 and began being used by World Health Organization member states in 1994. Because of its age, the code set is "an analog list kept in digital media," according to the report. It does not support relational data or hyperlinks, a problem which will be corrected by ICD-11.
However, the more antiquated code set will help to ease healthcare providers into the change from a vastly more limited ICD-9. ICD-10 is complicated but not too complicated, the report said. It will also allow coders to still use their paper reference books.
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