Some weird new codes...
If you're struck by a macaw, sucked into a jet engine or are having relationship problems with your in-laws, fear not: Your doctor now has a medical diagnosis code for that, Barbara Feder Ostrov reports on npr.org.
On Thursday, doctors, hospitals and health insurers must start using the ICD-10, a vast new set of alphanumeric codes for describing diseases and injuries in unprecedented detail, Feder Ostrov wrote.
For months, health care insiders have been venting their frustrations with the changeover, posting Halloween-themed ICD-10 office decor on social media and mocking some of the wackier codes.
Among the targets: W61.33 (pecked by a chicken), Y08.01 (assault by hockey stick) and R46.1 (bizarre personal appearance).
Not to mention W56.22xA — "struck by orca" — which became the title of an illustrated book of infamous ICD-10 codes that has sold nearly 10,000 copies, said its editor, Niko Skievaski of Madison, Wis.
For more of Feder Ostrov's report: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/10/01/444789785/struck-by-a-macaw-now-theres-a-medical-diagnosis-code-for-that
Mild-mannered macaws planning a surprise strike?
On Thursday, doctors, hospitals and health insurers must start using the ICD-10, a vast new set of alphanumeric codes for describing diseases and injuries in unprecedented detail, Feder Ostrov wrote.
For months, health care insiders have been venting their frustrations with the changeover, posting Halloween-themed ICD-10 office decor on social media and mocking some of the wackier codes.
Among the targets: W61.33 (pecked by a chicken), Y08.01 (assault by hockey stick) and R46.1 (bizarre personal appearance).
Not to mention W56.22xA — "struck by orca" — which became the title of an illustrated book of infamous ICD-10 codes that has sold nearly 10,000 copies, said its editor, Niko Skievaski of Madison, Wis.
For more of Feder Ostrov's report: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/10/01/444789785/struck-by-a-macaw-now-theres-a-medical-diagnosis-code-for-that
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