Survey analysis: ICD-10 versus ICD-11
Healthcare IT News recently asked its readers if they would be prepared to head straight for ICD-11, bypassing ICD-10. Here are the results.
Readers were nearly split on the question, and with almost 200 respondents, it was clearly a contentious one.
[See also: Why not just skip right to ICD-11?]
With many industry groups, hospitals, organizations and individuals weighing in on the prospect of skipping ICD-10, the benefits and downsides to the issue have been hotly debated. It still remains to be seen how the ICD-10 drama will play out.
The date range of the survey was June 27, 2012 to July 26, 2012.
Steven Sisko say: Go straight to ICD-11? Do not stop for ICD-10?
Supposedly these were industry groups, hospitals, “organizations” and individuals voting in this poll. What do these respondents think it means to “be prepared for ICD-11?” When do they think ICD-11’s Clinical Modification will be ready for use in the United States? I’d like to see a poll on that latter question.
So in my opinion, without an answer to the two questions I posit above and more details as to the knowledge level, authority and actual organization/title of these respondents, I call bullshit! I’d say these respondents just want more delay; they’d probably vote for going straight to “code assignment by telepathy” where the diagnosis code assigned to the patient encounter is “automagically” defined based on whatever the creator wants it to be; and whenever they want it to be assigned.
Surveys results can be funny; and also reflective of ignorance.