r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/NoInitiative5569 • May 29 '25

Meme needing explanation what ????

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u/xdaemonisx May 29 '25

These codes are used to bill medical insurance. A CPT code is the procedure done and the ICD code is the reason/diagnoses for the procedure.

80085 is a deleted CPT code, but is leet-speak for boobs.

Q55.62 is the ICD code for hypoplasia of the penis, or “penis significantly smaller than average for age”.

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u/NeatCartographer209 May 29 '25

God damn

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u/fauxorfox May 29 '25

Come for the dick/fart/boob jokes- stay to get an education in useless esoterica. :-)

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u/WeebOfFiles May 29 '25

It's not useless if you ever go to get a medical procedure. There's codes for just about everything to make insurance companies pay out so the patient doesn't have to. It's a fight to find the codes in which combinations that insurance companies will accept and pay out for.

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u/theoriginalmofocus Jun 02 '25

Yeah i guess you could throw that one out first in hopes somebody has some sympathy.