Get ready, get set,.................?

October 1st marks the transition to ICD-10. We will roll from using about 13,000 ICD-9 codes to using 68000 ICD-10 codes.

Why? Well, the Europeans do it and ya know they are so much more sophisticated than we are.

Layered on top of a less than successful EMR roll out, this has the potential to be a first rate disaster.

Physician offices will be allowed a year of grace, which may or may not work any better than a cold turkey transition.

For physician offices, the standard will be "close counts." Amazing.

We will be watching this carefully.