ICD-10, an international disease coding system, is mandated for adoption in the U.S. by Oct. 1, 2014, and will require health care organizations to switch from the soon-to-be outdated ICD-9. Srividya ...
Specifically, the tools center around the use of ICD-10-CM Z codes. These are designed to denote certain factors that might influence health status, or explain reasons for medical encounters having to ...