Boing Boing – Woman charged for crying during surgery

Don’t cry during a stressful or painful medical procedure, unless you’re willing to pay extra. One woman learned this the hard way when she went to her doctor to get a mole removed. She cried at one point during the operation, and her bill, which she posted to Twitter, showed an $11 charge for “Brief Emotion” and a billing code of CPT Code 96127. — Read the rest

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