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What Happens When There’s No Medical Code for Your Condition?

SHAREOCTOBER 3, 2014 BY SACHIN SHENOLIKAR



Doctors and insurance companies have a particular way of communicating, through strings of letters and numbers that make up medical codes. A revision of these codes, which inform insurers why you saw the doctor, has been postponed until next fall.



Known as ICD-10, the delay of this medical coding system upgrade might seem inconsequential. The current system, called ICD-9, has been in use for decades — what’s one more year?



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