Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Thursday, March 13 2014 02:46 AM (+rSRq)
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It's not so much that there's a "sucked into jet engine" code--because that has actually been documented--but that there's a "subsequent encounter!" If I were to survive being sucked into a jet engine I'd never go near another plane again, I don't think!
Posted by: RickC at Thursday, March 13 2014 06:24 AM (ECH2/)
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"Subsequent encounter" doesn't mean you did it again, it means you're back for more treatment.
Posted by: TheSquirrelPatrol at Thursday, March 13 2014 11:25 AM (da+4f)
Posted by: RickC at Thursday, March 13 2014 11:00 PM (ECH2/)
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The purpose of the tens of thousands of new medical billing codes is to make it impossible for a doctor to avoid mistakes. Under the ACA every mistake can be considered felony insurance fraud, and thus a lever to force doctors into compliance with unseemly requirements. It sounds funny that there are seven different codes for Macaw attacks separate from other bird inflicted injuries, but the purpose and penalties are pure evil.
Any how if i learned anything from Firefly it's that you only get to ride the engine intake once.
Posted by: Storm Saxon's Gall Bladder at Friday, March 21 2014 04:12 PM (9O5Pr)
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I immediately thought of Firefly when I saw that code.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Friday, March 21 2014 06:35 PM (PiXy!)
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That happens in one particular anime, too. Though Firefly was also my first thought. Along with the thought that the "subsequent encounter" guy in that show wouldn't have needed medical treatment (just laundry services.)
...and the "subsequent encounter" code would have been a possibility in the anime, even in RickC's sense of the term. Immortality has its downsides.
Posted by: Mikeski at Saturday, March 22 2014 02:56 PM (Zlc1W)
