TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Medicine@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoBurned by flaming water skis? Your doctor has a code for that (2016)www.sfgate.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareZWQbpkzl [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoResults of a capitalist make work program. I’d wager none of these new codes are covered by your health insurance.
minus-squareMoobythegoldensock@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThey’re not “new.” The ICD-10 codes have been around since 1994 and the US adopted their version of it in 2015.
minus-squareZWQbpkzl [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoDoesn’t really change my point. Just means the wasteful work was done a decade ago. I am aware with the labor that goes into maintaining and categorizing incidents in this system and its just a waste.
Results of a capitalist make work program. I’d wager none of these new codes are covered by your health insurance.
They’re not “new.” The ICD-10 codes have been around since 1994 and the US adopted their version of it in 2015.
Doesn’t really change my point. Just means the wasteful work was done a decade ago. I am aware with the labor that goes into maintaining and categorizing incidents in this system and its just a waste.