I read this article today and thought I would share. Nothing to do with weight loss surgery directly but only indirectly. I had RNY gastric bypass surgery 3 years ago and the most difficult part of the process was dealing with the insurance companies. This article explains the undue pressures being put on our medical staff today by the government and insurance companies under the guise of medical coding. I would probably rename the article "Medical Coding: Driving Our Physicians into Early Retirement".

http://acsh.org/news/2016/09/15/government-torture-physicians%C2%A0-where’s-outrage-10163

I can NOT remember the last time I laughed as hard as I did reading those codes. The article in general was quite maddening, but those codes....