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Years ago, I wrote a story in SGA making fun of bureaucracy and some of the Stargate universe's tropes, Altered States.
I made jokes about the IRS forms and TurboTax, but it turns out I really needed to reference IC-10:
Apparently everyone's favorite code is V9027XA: “Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning water-skis, initial encounter.” (And no, apparently nobody has ever died by drowning after falling off flaming waterskis.)
"The SGC has a designation for people getting stuck in other people's heads?" John prompted.
"They've got designations for pretty much everything, sir," Radner answered with a bemused expression. "Anything APS-09XX is for when you're being controlled by a sentient party. Goa'uld possessions, body swaps, telepathy, that kind of thing."
John wondered if the SGC had been upset that he hadn't reported on his interactions with Chaya by its proper code. "What's APS?"
"Altered Physical State," Lorne said, looking almost mischievous as he grinned. "We used to joke that you hadn't popped your gate cherry until you'd been 0825'd on a mission."
"That's stoned out of your mind, sir," Radner added helpfully.
I made jokes about the IRS forms and TurboTax, but it turns out I really needed to reference IC-10:
Ever considered suicide by jellyfish? Have you ended up in the hospital after being injured during the forced landing of your spacecraft? Or been hurt when you were sucked into the engine of an airplane or when your horse-drawn carriage collided with a trolley?(entire article here)
Chances are slim.
But should any of these unfortunate injuries befall you after October 1, 2014, your doctor, courtesy of the federal government, will have a code to record it. On that date, the United States is scheduled to implement a new system for recording injuries, medical diagnoses, and inpatient procedures called ICD-10—the 10th version of the International Classification of Diseases propagated by the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. So these exotic injuries, codeless for so many years, will henceforth be known, respectively, as T63622A (Toxic effect of contact with other jellyfish, intentional self-harm, initial encounter), V9542XA (Forced landing of spacecraft injuring occupant, initial encounter), V9733XA (Sucked into jet engine, initial encounter), and V80731A (Occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in collision with streetcar, initial encounter).
Apparently everyone's favorite code is V9027XA: “Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning water-skis, initial encounter.” (And no, apparently nobody has ever died by drowning after falling off flaming waterskis.)
