Ector County Health District officials unanimously passed a measure Tuesday night to fund training to accommodate a switch in the system in which they process diagnosing and procedure codes to comply with requirements of the Affordable Health Care Act.
Medical Center Health System will switch from the ninth to the 10threvision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). According to Chief Financial Officer of MCH Jon E. Riggs the United States is one of the last industrial nations to make the jump from ICD-9 to 10.
