How Does codes Rank the health care services?

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How Does codes Rank the health care services? -

crossbandaids Each health care provider will need to use a new coding system for health care services as of 1 October 2013 . the new system will expand the current number of codes that classify health care services 18000-140000.

On the other hand, the codes will be able to tell the insurance companies where the majority of injuries occur. For example, they will know if an injury occurred in the kitchen of a mobile home in the dining room in the mobile home, in the bedroom, bathroom, driveway, garage, pool, garden, yard or other place or an unspecified location in the mobile home. There are 10 codes to describe just where injury occurred in the mobile home and then there are more codes to describe the injury.

think it's a bit pointless? There are only 312 animals codes reports The Wall Street Journal . There are nine ways to describe how someone was injured by a turtle, including: three ways to classify being bitten by a turtle, three ways to classify being hit by a turtle and three ways to classify other contact with a turtle.

If an incident with a chicken? There are 72 codes for injuries related to birds.

Hurt yourself on water skis while jumping through a fire zone? There are 27 codes associated with being injured on water skis with 3 different codes for a burn due to water skis on fire.

Are the codes are health care providers and more effective health insurance companies? Will help prevent injuries or illnesses?

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