Sunday, March 2, 2014

MANDATORY NEW MEDICAAL CODING SYSTEM

Doctors will be required to use a World Health Organization coding system that includes a code for suicide by contact with jellyfish

BarkGrowlBite | March 1, 2014

Effective October 1, 2014, doctors will be required to use a new coding system to record injuries and illnesses in line with the International Classification of Diseases as put forth by the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

The system contains 85,000 medical treatment codes. Here are just four codes in the new system:

T63622A - Toxic effect of contact with other jellyfish, intentional self-harm, initial encounter

V9542XA - Forced landing of spacecraft injuring occupant, initial encounter

V9733XA - Sucked into jet engine, initial encounter

V80731A - Occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in collision with streetcar, initial encounter

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