Impact of ICD-10 delay on small practices; ICD-11?

HHS Secretary Sebelius announced her agency's intent to push back the compliance date for ICD-10.  What's the impact on solo or small group practices?  Probably not much at this point, other than pushing back the implementation timeline.  However, one thing to watch is the ICD-9 code freeze that is in place for 2012.  The ICD-9 code set is to be essentially frozen with the 2012 edition, allowing for limited revisions in 2013, and totally frozen thereafter since it will not be the go forward code set.  And ICD-10 is essentially frozen starting in 2012 and a couple of  years thereafter during the transition.  Already there is speculation on whether the U.S. should skip over ICD-10 and start with ICD-11.

Here's a link to the Sebelius announcement:  Link .  This morning the link hasn't been working, I'm assuming it's because it's getting a zillion hits. At some point it should work.  You can also google "icd-10 delay" and find lots of chatter.

Stay tuned, folks.