Truth: There is (or is going to be) a code for anything and everything now when it comes to documenting injuries. Going from 18,000 codes to 140,000 codes will require extensive searching requirements with the help of a computer and internet access.
Truth: Dave’s company FindACode.com is at the forefront of filling this emerging need for coders in the health care industry set to start October 2013.
Truth: Making coding fun and interesting is not an easy task, but they have spent some resources on YouTube videos and a prank April Fool’s joke of “X-Codes”.
Truth: Find-A-Code was recently included in a WallStreet Journal article about the new ICD-10-CM/PCS code set.
From the Wall Street Journal article:
One medical-coding website operator, Find A Code LLC, has created a series of YouTube videos with the tagline, “Yeah, there’s a code for that.” Snow White biting the poisoned apple, the firm says, may be a case of T78.04, “anaphylactic shock due to fruits and vegetables (see codes).” On April 1, the company posted a document with the secret “X-codes” to describe medical conditions stemming from encounters with aliens.
Truth: Using these YouTube videos and “X-Codes” has been a good ice-breaker for potential clients who are embracing Find-A-Code as their source for data.
Truth: Today in the Salt Lake Tribune, section A2, in News of the Weird, someone didn’t finish their fact-checking regarding the “X-Codes” and/or realize that the document was released on
April 1.
Fiction: Codes that cover conditions from encounters with extraterrestrials.
Truth: Codes that document conditions from “burn due to water skis on fire”. (See our YouTube video of that.)
Truth: Our YouTube video clips all start out with “Yeah, there’s a code for that.”
Truth: The title of this article is “They’ve got a code for that”
They didn’t mention Find A Code specifically, but we thank them for the free publicity! For those searching for a coding source, they will find FindACode.