10 interesting diagnosis codes for the new ICD-10 system for Medicare billing

[7patches]

1. Those that happen up in the air

Comments

[fierynotes]

Holy crap, you're joking.

(Punches a few codes into a few websites that include ICD-10 lookup tables.)

Holy crap, you're not.

I'm at once amazed at the thoroughness of the people who developed all this, and shocked that ICD-10 really needs to be that specific.

[ladycelia]

I never knew that flaming water skis were such a problem.

[garyomaha]

>>V96.00XS: unspecified balloon accident injuring occupant, sequela <<

M (my partner whom you met a couple years ago) is a hot air balloonist -- I must share this with him!

[jcgbigler]

I should suggest to some of my English teacher colleagues that these would make great writing prompts!