“I have recently been excoriated by Carl Natale, the editor of ICD10Watch / Government Health IT, for poking some fun at and criticizing ICD-10. Several of his statements warrant a comment.
First, he says that I suggest that “health insurers will be able to reduce reimbursements” under ICD-10. This may be, but my actual comment was that health insurers that are also in the life insurance business may discover an incentive to use detailed medical codes to make decisions about life insurance premiums (an area where pre-existing conditions MAY be taken into account when setting rates).”
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Daniel Essin, Physicians Practice, 13 December 2011
