CODING SHIFT COST PUT AT $6-14 BILLION

A study commissioned by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Assn. (Washington) estimated that the cost to the healthcare industry of abandoning the ICD-9 diagnostic and inpatient procedure code system in favor of a new ICD-10 system would be $6 billion to $14 billion in technology, training, lost productivity, rework and contract renegotiations.

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