Gonna be a mega-mess-----New Computer System May Challenge Doctor Offices

New Computer System May Challenge Doctor Offices:
"If things are a bit tense in your doctor's office come Oct. 1, some behind-the-scenes red tape could be to blame.
That's the day when the nation's physicians and hospitals must start using a massive new coding system to describe your visit on insurance claims so they get paid.
Today, U.S. health providers use a system of roughly 14,000 codes to designate a diagnosis, for reimbursement purposes and in medical databases.
To get more precise, the updated system has about 68,000 codes, essentially an expanded dictionary to capture more of the details from a patient's chart.
How precise?
Get nipped feeding a bird, and the codes can distinguish if it was a goose or a parrot.
Have a bike accident with one of those horse-drawn tourist carriages?
Yep, there's a code for that, too..."