ICD-10 Follies: Struck by an Orca

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It is before the move to ICD-10 becomes a must-do. Lest the deadline slip your mind, is spotlighting some of those thousands of new codes that might just be getting a bit too granular.

Today's code:

: Bitten by orca, subsequent encounter (Having a subsequent encounter assumes you survived the bite. There is a separate code for .)

Other "Follies"

Z62.891: Sibling rivalry

V97.33XD: Sucked into jet engine, subsequent encounter

W61.92: Struck by other birds

Z63.1: Problems in relationship with in-laws

W45.8XXA: Other foreign body or object entering through skin, initial encounter

V52.2XXA: Person on outside of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic accident, initial encounter

V00.32: Snow-ski accident

X92.0: Assault by drowning and submersion while in bathtub

W00.1: Fall from stairs and steps due to ice and snow

To suggest a code for this list, email d.pittman@medpagetoday.com.