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You won’t read about the International Classification of Disease (ICD) on TMZ or hear it discussed on The View, but it has the potential to be an unpleasant October surprise in the health care world. It is a list of codes that physicians and hospitals use when billing insurance companies. These codes cover all manner of medical diagnoses for diseases, conditions, and injuries. The first version of the ICD appeared in 1946, with periodic revisions since. Six months from now, on October 1, the latest version, the ICD-10, will be implemented in the U.S. We are late to the party,...

I have been involved in a discussion whereas I had considered all Democrats immoral. But based on information I retracted my statement and came to a new classification of Democrats. I have broken down the classification to 5 so far. They are listed below, please provide feedback or additional classifications. 1) Immoral - They know what the party stands for and they still choose to be Democrat. or 2) Unaware? (Ignorant?) - They have joined the party to join a party and are either: a) New to the party having never examined politics before and not having done any research...