Drano, I am sorry but I'm not even going to rea
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I am sorry but I'm not even going to read the blog you cited. ICD10 codes are the condition and treatment codes, developed by WHO and utilized by CMS (center for medicare and medicaid) as well as private insurers to document conditions and related treatments.
These are the dewey decimal (is this still used?) and linnaean taxonomy of conditions and treatments.
Payments are based on condition and treatment provides, every thing from pancreatic cancer to sprained pinky and treatment from bandaids to open heart surgery.
This is 100% separate from clinical trials.