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ICD-10 Follies: The Birds

Published: Feb 19, 2014

By David Pittman, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today

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It is 224 days before the move to ICD-10 becomes a must-do. Lest the deadline slip your mind,MedPage Today is spotlighting some of those thousands of new codes that might just be getting a bit too granular.

Today's code:

W61.92: Struck by other birds (There are also separate billing codes for being struck by parrots, macaws, psittacines, chickens, geese, and ducks. W61.92 is for all other types of birds. Here is a re-enactment for your viewing pleasure.)

Other "Follies"

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