Implement ICD-10-CM/PCS on October 1, 2015. No further delays! Don't sign even if added to time sensitive legislation!

As the close of session for Congress in 2014 draws near, legislation is being drafted by Representative Pete Sessions (R-TX) to further delay the implementation of ICD-10-SM/PCS for another two (2) additional years to 2017. The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) was created by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993. The debate on when to implement ICD-10-CM and PCS has gone on since the late 1990s, over 20 years! Please do not allow further delay of this code within the same year to be added to any current legislation bills that must be passed. Adding ICD-10 delays to either a continuing resolution or omnibus bill to fund the federal government through 2015 [current bill expires on December 11] is not acceptable.