ICD is an acronym for International Classification of Diseases. It is a medical code book that is used to classify and monitor disease diagnoses. It also provides information for health analyses like the study of mortality and morbidity trends. It is published and copyrighted by the WHO. No, that is not the legendary English rock band that asks Who Are You, I am meaning the World Health Organization which is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. Now that we know what ICD is, let’s look into more details about its history, use, and development.
Some of the first attempts to classify diseases in a systematic form were made in the 1600’s and 1700’s. The resulting classifications were …show more content…
It was implemented in the United States after several previous proposed dates on October 1, 2015. It replaced the ICD-9 version and has almost twice as many categories. The ICD-10 is based on a three to seven characters’ system that is alphanumeric. The first digit is always a letter, with the only letter not being used is ‘U’. These alpha characters are not case sensitive, so they can be used in the upper or lower case without affecting the code’s meaning. The second digit is always a number. The first three characters are the main code or category. The fourth character comes after a decimal point and it defines the site, etiology or cause, and manifestation. The fifth and sixth characters offer further specificity if needed, such as laterality and location. The seventh character is required if it is instructed to be used in the tabular section of the ICD-10. It identifies the status or encounter of care. The addition of a placeholder, that is marked by the letter ‘X’, is necessary in certain codes that have fewer than six characters but where a seventh character applies to the code’s description. There are twenty-one chapters in the ICD-10. The first digit of a code designates a different chapter. Several letters are grouped together in a single chapter. There is greater detail in the ICD-10 code set over the previous ICD-9 because it includes laterality meaning which side of the body or brain, the severity,
Some of the first attempts to classify diseases in a systematic form were made in the 1600’s and 1700’s. The resulting classifications were …show more content…
It was implemented in the United States after several previous proposed dates on October 1, 2015. It replaced the ICD-9 version and has almost twice as many categories. The ICD-10 is based on a three to seven characters’ system that is alphanumeric. The first digit is always a letter, with the only letter not being used is ‘U’. These alpha characters are not case sensitive, so they can be used in the upper or lower case without affecting the code’s meaning. The second digit is always a number. The first three characters are the main code or category. The fourth character comes after a decimal point and it defines the site, etiology or cause, and manifestation. The fifth and sixth characters offer further specificity if needed, such as laterality and location. The seventh character is required if it is instructed to be used in the tabular section of the ICD-10. It identifies the status or encounter of care. The addition of a placeholder, that is marked by the letter ‘X’, is necessary in certain codes that have fewer than six characters but where a seventh character applies to the code’s description. There are twenty-one chapters in the ICD-10. The first digit of a code designates a different chapter. Several letters are grouped together in a single chapter. There is greater detail in the ICD-10 code set over the previous ICD-9 because it includes laterality meaning which side of the body or brain, the severity,