Hospitals flip the ICD-10 switch, adding 68,000 ways to tell you're sick
Linda Reed, the CIO at Atlantic Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in New Jersey, is hoping today's changeover to the new ICD-10 medical coding system will be like Y2K -- all build up, no catastrophe.
"We know there will be issues. We're thinking we'll see them next week," Reed said, referring to when insurance companies will begin approving or denying medical treatments based on the new codes. "There are just so many moving parts."
After two major deadline extensions, the new, vastly expanded ICD-10 medical classification list went live today, affecting every U.S. healthcare provider and insurance company.
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