“The federal advisory panel on health IT standards has approved refined recommendations on how providers may electronically record a physician’s observations to qualify for federal recovery bonuses.
The HIT Standards Committee endorsed recommendations to call for SNOMED CT for physician’s clinical observations by 2015. In 2010, providers must use ICD-9 or SNOMED CT to qualify, and in 2013 they must use ICD-10 or SNOMED CT.”
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Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News, 20 August 2009
