ICD-10 is better. Spelling isn't an issue as much as the hundreds of different NDC codes for each drug and strength. I worked at a pharmacy company trying to m

ICD-10 is better. Spelling isn't an issue as much as the hundreds of different NDC codes for each drug and strength. I worked at a pharmacy company trying to make consultant pharmacist reports to help flag drug interactions that will happen if someone has a diagnosis (ICD-9 at the time) that flags a side effect or condition. Doing this meant a ton of data normalization on med names and NDCs. Pretty cool shit until our idiot parent company shut our office. Good old bean counters.