ICD-9 is more than 30 years old and does not capture the data needed to track changes in modern medical practice and healthcare delivery.
Joe Pitts: “ICD-9 is more than 30 years old and does not capture the data needed to track changes in modern medical practice and…”
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Pitts critiques the outdated ICD-9 system's inability to meet current healthcare needs.
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I for one in a portion of my life when I was a boy lived in a household where we didn't have access to health care.





