70,000 Ways to Classify Ailments
Enormous expansion of codes doctors use will change paperwork, insurance, monitoring
Melinda Beck
Sept. 27, 2015 7:46 p.m. ET
Doctors, hospitals and insurers are bracing for possible disruptions on Oct. 1 when the U.S. health-care system switches to a massive new set of codes for describing illnesses and injuries.
Under the new system, cardiologists