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ICD-10: Information and AHIMA Advocacy

ICD-10 Legislative Proposals

The House passed HR 4157, the “Health Information Technology Promotion Act,” with a veto proof vote of 270-148 on July 27, 2006. Unfortunately, this bill was very different from the Senate version, S 1418 (the “Wired for Health Care Quality Act”), and negotiators were not able to develop a compromise between them. Therefore, it is back to the drawing board for 2007, and we do expect Congress to attempt to pass an HIT bill this year.

Although Congress was not able to pass legislation in 2006, AHIMA and our allies educated Congress for the need to upgrade our outdated and inefficient ICD-9 coding system. As a result, included in HR 4157 was language that called for the implementation and use of ICD-10-CM and PCS by October 1, 2010. Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) also introduced the “Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act (S. 1952-109th Congress)” which included nearly identical language on ICD-10. Further, both HR 4157 and S 1952 included additional provisions that would upgrade the HIPAA claims attachment standard and also make changes to the HIPAA standards adoption process to enable more efficient updating. These are critical components, and we will be advocating for them again in 2007.

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