Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit the requirements
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
Your data you'll own
If your time to you is worth savin'
Then you better start specifyin' or you'll sink like a stone
For the codes they are a-changin'
Come doctors and nurses
Who document with a pen
And those who type words
This chance won't come again
Build better info
About now and then
And there's no tellin' what data it's showin'
For the loser now will be later to win
For the codes they are a-changin'
Come prophets and watchdogs
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
'Til we use 'n understand
International Classifications
Are beyond our command
ICD-9 is rapidly agin'
So get out of the old one, and give 10 a chance
For the codes they are a-changin' | 
