Normal Physiology or Pathology? It’s Not as Simple as You Might Think
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When I first started working in healthcare as a scribe, charting for doctors and filling out superbills, I quickly became familiar with the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Some ICD-9 codes were straightforward, but others less so. If I typed “urinary tract infection,” the appropriate code would quickly come up: 599.0. But if I typed “low back pain,” I couldn’t find what I was looking for. Fortunately, the person who was training me helped me navigate the system. “Yeah, that’s a weird one,” he said. “You have to search for ‘lumbago.’” Sure enough, I found the right code: 724.2.
Normal Physiology or Pathology? It’s Not as Simple as You Might Think
Normal Physiology or Pathology? It’s Not as…
Normal Physiology or Pathology? It’s Not as Simple as You Might Think
When I first started working in healthcare as a scribe, charting for doctors and filling out superbills, I quickly became familiar with the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Some ICD-9 codes were straightforward, but others less so. If I typed “urinary tract infection,” the appropriate code would quickly come up: 599.0. But if I typed “low back pain,” I couldn’t find what I was looking for. Fortunately, the person who was training me helped me navigate the system. “Yeah, that’s a weird one,” he said. “You have to search for ‘lumbago.’” Sure enough, I found the right code: 724.2.