WHO continues to push back launch date for ICD-11
Physician Practice Insider, March 8, 2016
As the healthcare industry acclimates to using ICD-10, coders can rest assured it will still be several years until ICD-11 becomes a reality. Originally pegged for a 2015 release to the World Health Assembly, the World Health Organization (WHO) has quietly pushed ICD-11’s debut to 2018.
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