Walked Into a Lamppost? Hurt While Crocheting? Help Is on the Way

With the move to ICD-10, the one code for suturing an artery will become 195 codes, designating every single artery, among other variables, according to OptumInsight, a unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc. A single code for a badly healed fracture could now translate to 2,595 different codes, the firm calculates. Each signals information including what bone was broken, as well as which side of the body it was on.

by Anna Mathews (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904103404576560742746021106.html)