Re: [Gnumed-devel] Request for comment: icd10-database

[Jim Busser]

> On 2011-06-29, at 2:59 PM, Jim Busser wrote:
> 
>> While waiting for an answer from Canada as to whatever format it provides 
>> ICD-10-CA via
>>      https://secure.cihi.ca/estore/productSeries.htm?locale=en&pc=PCC176
> -- Jim

Separately from the question of how best to import ICD-10 is the question of 
the value that it offers. In Canada, it seems that the complexity of coding 
under ICD-10 seemed justified for hospital care but not for doctors' practices:

        http://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/ftr_120808p20.shtml

Has anyone used both ICD-9 and ICD-10 to be able to comment?

-- Jim