Of the Following, Which Is Not a Reason That the United

question 20

Multiple Choice

Of the following, which is not a reason that the United States did not implement ICD-10 at the time other countries did?

• A) costly to convert from one coding system to the other
• B) decision whether ICD-10 or CPT would be used to code diagnoses
• C) increased training needs
• D) unknown whether ICD-10 would meet the needs of the United States

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