Preparing for the Looming ICD-10 Transition Deadline: HIT, Meet HIM

Healthcare Informatics: With the October 1 deadline looming for physicians and hospitals to transition from the current ICXD-9 medical coding system to the ICD-10 coding system, many patient care organizations still are not fully prepared to make the change. The transition is a complex one, industry experts warn, not one that involves a simple switch of information systems, but rather a very involved set of processes involving education, training, testing, and other elements.

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