{"id":7566,"date":"2013-06-13T18:54:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T22:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poweryourpractice.com\/?p=7566"},"modified":"2013-06-13T18:54:45","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T22:54:45","slug":"the-most-bizarre-icd-10-code-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carecloud.com\/continuum\/the-most-bizarre-icd-10-code-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Bizarre ICD-10 Code Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Remember the time a patient walked in with that gruesome killer whale bite on his leg?\u00a0 Even worse, do you recall what a pain it was to bill their insurance? Well, probably not, but just in case this ever does happen to you, CMS has created an ICD-10 code for it: W5621XA \u2013 Bitten by orca, initial encounter.<\/p>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/physicians-prepare-for-surprising-cost-of-icd-10\/\">ICD-10 transition is no laughing matter<\/a>, the federal government, with its exceptional ability to over-document <em>everything<\/em>, has created a series of diagnosis codes that had us cracking up here at PYP.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->So, we\u2019re going to take advantage of the fact that it\u2019s the end of the workweek and has a little fun with CMS. Without further adieu, we present you with the Awards for the Most Bizarre ICD-10 codes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Animal category:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bronze:\u00a0 Bitten by a turtle \u2013 W5921XS<\/p>\n<p>Silver: Bitten by sea lion \u2013 W5611XD<\/p>\n<p>Gold: Struck by macaw \u2013 W6112XA (Pesky, talking birds)<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Water Sports category:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bronze: Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to canoe or kayak \u2013 V9135XA<\/p>\n<p>Silver: Civilian watercraft involved in water transport accident with military watercraft \u2013 V94810<\/p>\n<p>Gold: Burn due to water-skis on fire \u2013 V9107XA (Evel Knievel is reborn!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Strange Places category:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bronze: Hurt at the library \u2013 Y92241<\/p>\n<p>Silver: Hurt at swimming pool of prison as the place of occurrence \u2013 Y92146<\/p>\n<p>Gold: Hurt at the opera \u2013 Y92253 (The fat lady can get a tad cranky when she doesn\u2019t get to sing.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Air\/Space Category:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bronze: Prolonged stay in a weightless\u00a0environment \u2013 X52<\/p>\n<p>Silver: Unspecified balloon accident injuring occupant \u2013 V9600XS<\/p>\n<p>Gold: Spacecraft crash injuring occupant \u2013 V9542XA (Eyes to the skies, people.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Just Plain Weird Category:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bronze: Hurt walking into a\u00a0lamppost \u2013 W2202XA<\/p>\n<p>Silver: Stabbed while crocheting \u2013 Y93D1<\/p>\n<p>Gold: Unspecified event, undetermined intent \u2013 Y34 (Well, that clarifies things&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now back to the serious stuff. If you\u2019re looking for some useful information on the upcoming ICD-10 transition, check out our <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/the-physicians-icd-10-resource-guide\/\"><strong>ICD-10 Resource Guide for Physicians<\/strong><\/a><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the time a patient walked in with that gruesome killer whale bite on his leg?\u00a0 Even worse, do you recall what a pain it was to bill their insurance? 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