Tell the CDC "No" on Abuse-Enabling "Wandering" Code!

[satie_danser]

"Last week, the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee met to discuss the future of medical coding in the United States. The ICD-9-CM stands for the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, and is the US government's official system of assigning codes to medical diagnoses and procedures. The day

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[old_cutter_john]

I was sneaking onto the New York City subways and riding alone for miles when I was only five years old. If some kid is doing that today, my sympathies are with him.

[satie_danser]

Yes, parents should definitely keep an eye on small children. Even a non-autistic 5 year old can wander off. (You managed the subway at five?! I'm 32 and they still intimidate me!) =b

[old_cutter_john]

At thirty-two they intimidated me too, so I always carried a gun.

[satie_danser]

I meant the subway, itself! They confuse me. But then, I live in a small city and rarely encounter them.

[made_of_paradox]

I was taken places on the subway (Boston) enough by the time I was 5 that I could have gotten to several places of interest to me on my own.

Just, not the museum I really liked a lot. (The Green Line is extremely complicated....)