It is before the move to ICD-10 becomes a must-do. Lest the deadline slip your mind, 名媛直播 is spotlighting some of those thousands of new codes that might just be getting a bit too granular.
Today's code:
: Walked into lamp post, subsequent encounter (There isn't a related code for injured while texting on phone, but it might come in a later version of ICD.)
Other "Follies"
Y92.253: Opera house as the place of occurrence of the external cause
X52: Prolonged stay in weightless environment
V98.2XXA: Accident to, on, or involving ice yacht, initial encounter
W30.3XXA: Contact with grain storage elevator, initial encounter
W21.04:
W56.21xD: Bitten by orca, subsequent encounter
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
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.