ICD-10 Analysis

For the past thirty years, the American healthcare use International Classification of Disease, ninth edition (ICD-9) however on October 1st 2015, United states transitioned from ICD -9 to ICD 10, which was met with different reaction across the healthcare system. While many believed that we as a country is going the right way by implementing ICD 10,it was also meet with a lot skepticism by many in healthcare.
International Classification of Disease-10 (ICD-10) developed by World Health Organization (WHO)is used as a diagnostic tool for epidemiology, health management and clinical purpose. ICD-10 is used for health information function in public, primary, secondary and tertiary health care settings. It is a classification system to categorize