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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Z59.71 is a medical diagnostic code for "Insufficient health insurance coverage".

It's a diagnosis that should never have existed.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And terribly enough, it does deserve a medical diagnostic code, because it directly impacts how a patient's condition can be treated.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are there statistics showing how many people died because of Z59.71?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a catch-22. To get a Z59.71 diagnosis, you have to see a doctor. But if you don't have insurance, you're probably avoiding the doctor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But for seeing how many insured people are screwed by their insurer it seems reasonable

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But for seeing how many insured people are screwed by their insurer

All of them.

100% of insured people are screwed by their insurer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Indeed.