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Posted: 9/17/2011 1:23:47 PM EDT



From the Federal bureaucracy run amok: Doctors and hospitals use about 18,000 codes to classify their treatments for insurers. Now the federal government is mandating an expanded code which features 140,000 classifications.







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V9027XA

Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning water-skis, initial encounter

V9027XD

Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning water-skis, subsequent encounter

V9027XS

Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning water-skis, sequela

V9037XA

Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed water-skis, initial encounter

V9037XD

Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed water-skis, subsequent encounter

V9037XS

Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed water-skis, sequela

V9087XA

Drowning and submersion due to other accident to water-skis, initial encounter

V9087XD

Drowning and submersion due to other accident to water-skis, subsequent encounter

V9087XS

Drowning and submersion due to other accident to water-skis, sequela

V9107XA

Burn due to water-skis on fire, initial encounter

V9107XD

Burn due to water-skis on fire, subsequent encounter

V9107XS

Burn due to water-skis on fire, sequela























 
Link Posted: 9/17/2011 1:42:47 PM EDT
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I seriously don't know how our coders put up with that shit other than by necessity.
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