No, not diamonds, sapphires, or pearls. The 'GEM' I'm referring to is the acronym for General Equivalence Mappings.
A GEM functions somewhat similar to the translation sites that abound online. I'm sure most of us have used - or at least seen - a number of these. For example, you input a word in English and are presented with the French equivalent (or closest approximation) and vice versa.
For those in coding and those of us preparing the enter the field, the ICD-9/ICD-10 GEM will be of particular interest.
I found a very good article by Rhonda Butler in the AHIMA Body of Knowledge site that provides a nice tutorial on the subject:
LINK: The ICD-10 General Equivalence Mappings: Bridging the Translation Gap from ICD-9 by Rhonda Butler
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