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Something I wrote about the ICD10 coding system many years ago. These are real billing codes: It is possible to arraigned the codes in rather amusing orders s
by rpaddock 2y ago
Something I wrote about the ICD10 coding system many years ago. These are real billing codes:
It is possible to arraigned the codes in rather amusing orders such as:
I required a Face Transplant, from a Cadaver; “0WY20Z0 Transplantation of Face, Allogeneic, Open Approach Transplantation of Face, Allogeneic, Open Approach” after my many spacecraft crashes into the ocean; “V9541XD Spacecraft crash injuring occupant, subsequent encounter”.
Sadly the first Face Transplant failed so one was grown in a lab for the second Face Transplant; “0WY20Z1 Transplantation of Face, Syngeneic, Open Approach Transplantation of Face, Syngeneic, Open Approach”.
Alas all of this made my “F52 Sexual dysfunction not due to a substance or known physiological condition” became so bad that I tried to harm myself with a jellyfish; “T63622A Toxic effect of contact with other jellyfish, intentional self-harm, initial encounter”. -- Amusement with the Medicare ICD10 Billing Codes –
- thallium205 2y agoICD10 is not the problem - x12 is.
- nradov 2y agoICD-10 is only one of several code systems (terminologies) used in HIPAA mandated transactions. The actual billable procedures for outpatient care are typically coded using CPT / HCPCS. The ICD codes are usually supplementary, to indicate a patient's condition as part of establishing medical necessity. The industry will move to the new ICD-11 version in a few years.