<story><title>A petabyte of health insurance prices per month</title><url>https://blog.turquoise.health/a-petabyte-of-health-insurance-rates-a-month/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bradgessler</author><text>Here&amp;#x27;s the full list of codes for &amp;quot;Bitten by ____, _____ encounter&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.icd10data.com&amp;#x2F;ICD10CM&amp;#x2F;Codes&amp;#x2F;V00-Y99&amp;#x2F;W50-W64&amp;#x2F;W61-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.icd10data.com&amp;#x2F;ICD10CM&amp;#x2F;Codes&amp;#x2F;V00-Y99&amp;#x2F;W50-W64&amp;#x2F;W61-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The hierarchy looks like this:&lt;p&gt;W61.6 Contact with duck&lt;p&gt;= W61.61 Bitten by duck&lt;p&gt;== W61.61XA …… initial encounter&lt;p&gt;== W61.61XD …… subsequent encounter&lt;p&gt;== W61.61XS …… sequela&lt;p&gt;= W61.62 Struck by duck&lt;p&gt;== W61.62XA …… initial encounter&lt;p&gt;== W61.62XD …… subsequent encounter&lt;p&gt;== W61.62XS …… sequela&lt;p&gt;= W61.69 Other contact with duck&lt;p&gt;== W61.69XA …… initial encounter&lt;p&gt;== W61.69XD …… subsequent encounter&lt;p&gt;== W61.69XS …… sequela&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s codings like this for parrots, macaws, chickens, turkey, etc.&lt;p&gt;Hell there&amp;#x27;s an entire section for alligators and crocodiles at &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.icd10data.com&amp;#x2F;ICD10CM&amp;#x2F;Codes&amp;#x2F;V00-Y99&amp;#x2F;W50-W64&amp;#x2F;W58-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.icd10data.com&amp;#x2F;ICD10CM&amp;#x2F;Codes&amp;#x2F;V00-Y99&amp;#x2F;W50-W64&amp;#x2F;W58-&lt;/a&gt; that includes crushing, bites, etc.</text></item><item><author>thomascgalvin</author><text>There are separate charge codes for &lt;i&gt;everything&lt;/i&gt;, and all of those codes need to be reflected in the pricing data.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s a price to slap on a bandaid.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s a price to give someone a Tylenol.&lt;p&gt;Hell, W61.61XA is the medical code for &amp;quot;Bitten by duck, initial encounter.&amp;quot; Presumably, this means there&amp;#x27;s also a code for &amp;quot;Bitten by duck, again.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Medical billing is &lt;i&gt;broken&lt;/i&gt;, and it&amp;#x27;s no surprise that the amount of data is overwhelming.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mensetmanusman</author><text>&amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;d like to file a complaint. This is my fourth time being bitten by a duck not my second time. You have overcharged me!&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;This is possible in America today. Great job post ww2 employer coverage side effects!</text></comment>
<story><title>A petabyte of health insurance prices per month</title><url>https://blog.turquoise.health/a-petabyte-of-health-insurance-rates-a-month/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bradgessler</author><text>Here&amp;#x27;s the full list of codes for &amp;quot;Bitten by ____, _____ encounter&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.icd10data.com&amp;#x2F;ICD10CM&amp;#x2F;Codes&amp;#x2F;V00-Y99&amp;#x2F;W50-W64&amp;#x2F;W61-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.icd10data.com&amp;#x2F;ICD10CM&amp;#x2F;Codes&amp;#x2F;V00-Y99&amp;#x2F;W50-W64&amp;#x2F;W61-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The hierarchy looks like this:&lt;p&gt;W61.6 Contact with duck&lt;p&gt;= W61.61 Bitten by duck&lt;p&gt;== W61.61XA …… initial encounter&lt;p&gt;== W61.61XD …… subsequent encounter&lt;p&gt;== W61.61XS …… sequela&lt;p&gt;= W61.62 Struck by duck&lt;p&gt;== W61.62XA …… initial encounter&lt;p&gt;== W61.62XD …… subsequent encounter&lt;p&gt;== W61.62XS …… sequela&lt;p&gt;= W61.69 Other contact with duck&lt;p&gt;== W61.69XA …… initial encounter&lt;p&gt;== W61.69XD …… subsequent encounter&lt;p&gt;== W61.69XS …… sequela&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s codings like this for parrots, macaws, chickens, turkey, etc.&lt;p&gt;Hell there&amp;#x27;s an entire section for alligators and crocodiles at &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.icd10data.com&amp;#x2F;ICD10CM&amp;#x2F;Codes&amp;#x2F;V00-Y99&amp;#x2F;W50-W64&amp;#x2F;W58-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.icd10data.com&amp;#x2F;ICD10CM&amp;#x2F;Codes&amp;#x2F;V00-Y99&amp;#x2F;W50-W64&amp;#x2F;W58-&lt;/a&gt; that includes crushing, bites, etc.</text></item><item><author>thomascgalvin</author><text>There are separate charge codes for &lt;i&gt;everything&lt;/i&gt;, and all of those codes need to be reflected in the pricing data.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s a price to slap on a bandaid.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s a price to give someone a Tylenol.&lt;p&gt;Hell, W61.61XA is the medical code for &amp;quot;Bitten by duck, initial encounter.&amp;quot; Presumably, this means there&amp;#x27;s also a code for &amp;quot;Bitten by duck, again.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Medical billing is &lt;i&gt;broken&lt;/i&gt;, and it&amp;#x27;s no surprise that the amount of data is overwhelming.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>maweaver</author><text>But why?  I could understand from a treatment perspective the type of animal mattering (but even then initial vs subsequent encounters?).  From a billing perspective, wouldn&amp;#x27;t it make sense to have animal bite exam fee, with possible additional charges for bandaging, stitches, rabies shot, etc based on doctor&amp;#x27;s discretion?</text></comment>