There’s a code for that: Doctors brace for 155,000 choices to explain medical issues

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid is set to enforce the implementation of a new medical coding system called ICD-10. Hospitals and insurers are supposed to be using the new diagnosis coding system starting Oct. 1. Recent versions of the ICD, whose lineage dates to the 1700 s, are developed under the guidance of the World Health Organization.