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kleinbl00  ·  3125 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Can US Senators Speak English?

Be sure to intersperse it with searches for funny ICD-10 codes.

    V91.05XA: Burn due to canoe or kayak on fire, initial encounter

    W59.29XS: Other contact with turtle, sequel

    W61.62XD: Struck by duck, subsequent encounter




goobster  ·  3125 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I once wrote a database for Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco that contained all the ICD-9 and CPT codes.

Since it was a text file import into the database, I had to go through both datasets and read EVERY SINGLE ONE of them to ensure there were no spurious characters or other weirdnesses.

Man... Other Contact With A Turtle, sequel... brings back memories... (and that is a GREAT name for a band!)

ghostoffuffle  ·  3124 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hahahaha holy shit... those are real ICD-10 codes? How many times does something like that have to happen to merit its own code?

kleinbl00  ·  3124 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There are tumblrs and blogs dedicated to them.

This rabbit hole is bottomless.

user-inactivated  ·  3124 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I eagerly await the rash of turtle bludgeonings as irate med students look the these as inspiration.