"Here is an example of the new ICD10 coding system required by HHS. The ICD-10 codes contain more than 155,000 codes and can describe far more diagnoses and procedures than the ICD-9 series, which contain about 17,000 codes. Coding things at this level – whether a patient was struck by a turtle or bitten by a turtle – is supposed to improve our understanding of health. This is not a joke: see
http://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/ ... W59-#W59.8
W59.2 Contact with turtles
W59.21Bitten by turtle
W59.21XA…… initial encounter
W59.21XD…… subsequent encounter
W59.21XS…… sequela
W59.22Struck by turtle
W59.22XA…… initial encounter
W59.22XD…… subsequent encounter
W59.22XS…… sequela
W59.29Other contact with turtle
W59.29XA…… initial encounter
W59.29XD…… subsequent encounter
W59.29XS…… sequela
and, of course, the huge health issue of being crushed by non-venomous reptiles:
W59.83 Crushed by other nonvenomous reptiles".............................
