OPINION: MEDICAL COLUMN: What’s your code?

Oct. 28—As humans it is difficult to anticipate illness or imagine when our next hospitalization is going to be. Will it be from a novel virus such as COVID-19? Will it be from a fall that leads to a fracture? Or will it be from a routine surgery that requires close post-operative monitoring? No matter what the reason, it is important to know and understand what you are being asked when the …