21 Feb Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terms
SNOMED-CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terms) is internationally recommended for use in Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Health Informatics Exchange (HIE) for documenting clinical care and electronic exchange of health information instead of ICD-10-CM and CPT 4.0. In your discussion, answer the following questions:
1. Why is it recommended for use in EHR instead of ICD-10-CM and CPT 4.0?
2. Why is it recommended for the electronic exchange of health information?
3. Why is it not replaced for ICD-10-CM and CPT 4.0 in the US?
4. How it could be used for reimbursement in the US?
5. What recommendations would you make for replacing ICD-10-CM and CPT 4.0 with SNOMED-CT in the US?
Your initial post comprising a minimum of 250 words
