HIMS 655 D7

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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?

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