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For those curious about how to code this in ICD-10: W20.8XXA Morbidity from strike by thrown, projected or falling inanimate object, initial e

For those curious about how to code this in ICD-10: W20.8XXA Morbidity from strike by thrown, projected or falling inanimate object, initial encounter. And probably associated with this place of encounter: Y92.832 Beach as the place of occurrence of the external cause.

shanusmagnus 5y ago
I had a colleague who was a deep expert in ICD codes, and he used to regale us with funny ones. If I remember correctly, there's one about being wounded by shrapnel from a space ship.
- FPGAhacker 5y ago
  https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/V00-Y99/V95-V97/V95-/V95.45XA https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/V00-Y99/V95-V97/V95-... This was the closest I found. "Spacecraft explosion injuring occupant, initial encounter"
- et2o 5y ago
  ICD10 codes are all based on real Things that have happened
  - chrismorgan 5y ago
    This reminds me of import duty tariff codes: back in 2014 I was planning to purchase a recumbent tricycle, take it to America for a holiday, then return with it to Australia; and I investigated the duty tariffs, to seek to reassure myself that I wouldn’t be required to pay duty in either direction, and to see if I could get it GST-free via the Tourist Refund Scheme if I brought it back into the country a month later (don’t remember what I concluded on that point). (As written, I came away with the distinct impression that things like laptops, cameras, bicycles and phones, totalling anything over something like a thousand dollars are supposed to be taxed, with surprisingly limited exceptions; in practice, it’s definitely not so.) Well, somewhere along the way I came across an item in the tables of things that hadn’t quite fit into their existing neat tariff categories: “bicycle with seven wheels and ten seats” (or perhaps it was ten wheels and seven seats); added in 1993, I think. The really funny thing with that is that the bike shop owner I subsequently bought the trike from was fairly confident he knew the vehicle in question. A slow vehicle, he opined, not very well-made.
    - mc32 5y ago
      >“bicycle with seven wheels and ten seats Kind of almost sounds like a conference bike but the numbers are bit off.
    - deleted 5y ago
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    - selimthegrim 5y ago
      Found the Flann O’Brien fan.

shanusmagnus 5y ago

I had a colleague who was a deep expert in ICD codes, and he used to regale us with funny ones. If I remember correctly, there's one about being wounded by shrapnel from a space ship.

FPGAhacker 5y ago
https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/V00-Y99/V95-V97/V95-/V95.45XA https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/V00-Y99/V95-V97/V95-... This was the closest I found. "Spacecraft explosion injuring occupant, initial encounter"
et2o 5y ago
ICD10 codes are all based on real Things that have happened
- chrismorgan 5y ago
  This reminds me of import duty tariff codes: back in 2014 I was planning to purchase a recumbent tricycle, take it to America for a holiday, then return with it to Australia; and I investigated the duty tariffs, to seek to reassure myself that I wouldn’t be required to pay duty in either direction, and to see if I could get it GST-free via the Tourist Refund Scheme if I brought it back into the country a month later (don’t remember what I concluded on that point). (As written, I came away with the distinct impression that things like laptops, cameras, bicycles and phones, totalling anything over something like a thousand dollars are supposed to be taxed, with surprisingly limited exceptions; in practice, it’s definitely not so.) Well, somewhere along the way I came across an item in the tables of things that hadn’t quite fit into their existing neat tariff categories: “bicycle with seven wheels and ten seats” (or perhaps it was ten wheels and seven seats); added in 1993, I think. The really funny thing with that is that the bike shop owner I subsequently bought the trike from was fairly confident he knew the vehicle in question. A slow vehicle, he opined, not very well-made.
  - mc32 5y ago
    >“bicycle with seven wheels and ten seats Kind of almost sounds like a conference bike but the numbers are bit off.
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]
  - selimthegrim 5y ago
    Found the Flann O’Brien fan.