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MidnightRaver76 t1_je8dgrp wrote

I betcha there's an ICD10 code for this too!

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krisalyssa OP t1_je8esfi wrote

A21 is the code for tularemia, but the transmission vector is not coded for, unlike W29.22XD, “struck by turtle, subsequent encounter“.

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TheEnforcer246 t1_je8htdm wrote

Wonder how many times that has happened to get into the icd-10 code list.

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krisalyssa OP t1_je8j4lz wrote

At least twice, I’d guess, since there’s “initial encounter” and “subsequent encounter”.

Probably not very often, though, because there isn’t a code for “somebody tell this person to stay away from turtles”.

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booyahachieved3 t1_je8k88v wrote

Subsequent encounter actually means a follow up visit for that condition, not the same event happening twice (FYI)

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krisalyssa OP t1_je8nuw9 wrote

Oh, that makes sense. I always imagined the people coding these things calling over the cubicle walls, “Hey, Janet, you’ll never guess what happened again!”

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Sangmund_Froid t1_je8qepn wrote

Frequency increased dramatically after the Mario Kart races of 1992.

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