Washington The mandated transition by billers throughout the health system to the more complex ICD-10 diagnosis codes will go forward without any further delays, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services stated in a Feb. 6 letter to the American Medical Association.Acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner made the case for moving forward with ICD-10 to modernize the health care system. Halting its implementation, which has been ongoing since 2009, would mean relying on outdated ICD-9 codes that soon will be incompatible with general health care needs and new technologies, she stated.“Many in the health industry are under way with the necessary