Entries by Ginny Mason

IBC Finally Has A Diagnostic Code!

Did you know each medical issue has a code that impacts billing by a medical provider, impacts treatment, and impacts published statistics on the number of people diagnosed with a given […]

What an ICD Code Means to Me

Early April, 1998. The surgeon told me that I needed a biopsy for a form of cancer because the antibiotic he prescribed didn’t work on the red/purple, streaky circle covering […]