Showing posts with label The October Surprise that Could Cripple the Practice of Medicine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The October Surprise that Could Cripple the Practice of Medicine. Show all posts

The October Surprise that Could Cripple the Practice of Medicine

By Brian C Joondeph


You won’t read about the International Classification of Disease (ICD) on TMZ or hear it discussed on The View, but it has the potential to be an unpleasant October surprise in the health care world.  It is a list of codes that physicians and hospitals use when billing insurance companies.  These codes cover all manner of medical diagnoses for diseases, conditions, and injuries.