The funniest and best ICD-10 codes

Situation: You’ve been involved in a water-skiing accident where your skis have caught fire and now you are being rushed to the emergency room.

The good news: There a code for that. ICD-10-CM (“we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it”) has anticipated this and your hospital will have no problem billing insurance for your treatment.

The bad news: You’ll be delayed while the medical administrator chooses between the 6 different codes for this exact situation.

Records: Here are some actual medical diagnosis codes. In fact some of these would be newspaper headlines if they ever happened:

• Z3754 Sextuplets, all liveborn
• W5922xS Struck by turtle, sequela
• Z62891 Sibling rivalry
• Z631 Problems in relationship with in-laws
• V9107xD Burn due to water-skis on fire, subsequent encounter
• T505x6A Underdosing of appetite depressants, initial encounter
• V616xxD Passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedal cycle in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
• V9733xD Sucked into jet engine, subsequent encounter
• T63442S Toxic effect of venom of bees, intentional self-harm, sequela
• Z621 Parental overprotection

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0HHX31Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Left Nipple, Percutaneous Approach

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Patient dead on arrival. Medical diagnosis... F40243 Fear of flying

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