ICD-10 Codes You Won’t Believe are Real
On October 1, 2015, the Texas workers’ compensation system made the transition to the use of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical Modification and Procedure Coding System, (ICD-10) from the 9th Edition, ICD-9 for medical billing, processing and reporting in alignment with federal regulations. These federal regulations adopt standard medical data codes sets that apply to the Medicare system, which is regulated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
And, some of the codes are hilarious.
Y92.253: Hurt at the Opera
V91.07: Burn Due to Waterskis on Fire
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