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.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Mootness. In American law, a matter is moot if further legal proceedings with regard to it can have no effect, or events have placed it beyond the reach of the law. Thereby the matter has been deprived of practical significance or rendered purely academic.