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be ICD-10 code 42.3, or Hoarding. It’s a sub-code of Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder, which most of us have seen. I don’t think I’m anywhere near being billable under 42.3, but if you haven’t seen some of the cases of hoarding, I suggest you check out the A&E network, as its Hoarders series started its 10th season this year. It is truly unbelievable what some people will collect that a normal person has no problem in throwing out. The show’s pro- ducers will get them medical help to get through, and over, the process of getting rid of their hoards, but sometimes it is not very easy.
And I guess the real question is...why do we even collect things, and I’m not referring to hoarding? I suppose when we’re young, it’s to remind us of where we were and whom we saw, like taking pictures. As we get older, it might be collectible because of the value it could attain, but then again, it’s only worth what someone will pay for it. Someone can appraise an item for a lot higher than someone might be willing to pay, but sometimes it’s vice versa.
A Yankee jersey, worn by Babe Ruth sometime in the late 1920s, was just auctioned off by Hunt Auctions for $5.64 million. None of my bobbleheads ever fetched anything close to that. So, if you want to avoid the classification of 42.3, you might want to try eBay. 432,000 collectible items are sold daily, with 168 million active buyers. And, for the right price, you can find a buyer for anything...from a $168 million yacht to William Shatner’s kidney stone, which sold for $25,000. Or a Dorito shaped like the Pope’s hat for $1,209. I kid you not.
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