AMA & CMS Agree to 1-Year ICD-10 Implementation Flexibilities. Read about the decision made by the AMA and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to enact a 1-year ICD-10 implementation period. Discover the AMA's commitment to making the ICD-9 to ICD-10 transition as smooth as possible for physicians and their practices.
Moot(noun) a ring for gauging wooden pins. Moot(verb) to argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion. Moot(verb) specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.
In U.S. law, a âmootâ case is one that further legal proceedings cannot affect or that has somehow moved out of the power of the courts. For example, in 1974, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case of DeFunis v. Odegaard. In this case, the plaintiff was a student who had initially been denied admission to law school. Voluntary cessation. 2  A court will not find that a case is moot even if the defendant has stopped doing the thing the plaintiff is suing him for. 3  For instance, suppose that the plaintiff is injured by pollution spilling into her water supply from the defendantâs factory.