ICD-10
World Health Organization
- Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC)
Classification types
Purchase of ICD-10
The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related
Health Problems Tenth Revision (ICD-10)
was published by the World
Health Organization (WHO). ICD-10 consists of three hard copy
volumes:
Volume 1 is the Tabular list, which
is an alphanumeric listing of diseases and disease groups, along
with inclusion and exclusion notes and some coding rules.
Volume 2 provides:
- introduction to and instructions on how to use volumes 1
and 3
- guidelines for certification and rules in mortality coding
- guidelines for recording and coding morbidity coding
Volume 3 is the comprehensive Alphabetical
index of the diseases and conditions found in the Tabular list.
World Health Organization - Family of
International Classifications (WHO-FIC)
Although the ICD is suitable for many different applications,
sufficient detail about some clinical specialties can be difficult
to include, and sometimes information on different attributes
of the classified conditions may be needed. WHO felt that the
main ICD (the three and four character classification) could not
reflect this additional information and still remain accessible
and relevant to its traditional users. This need prompted creation
of a ‘family’
of disease and health -related classifications.
Classification
types
There are two main classification types. The first group covers
data related to diagnoses and health status and is derived directly
from the ICD by either condensation or expansion of the tabular
list. The condensed lists can be used for many kinds of data presentation,
for summary statistical tables, and potentially for information
support in the development of primary health care. Expanded lists
are used to obtain increased clinical detail as in the specialty-based
adaptations. This group also includes classifications complementary
to the tabular list that allow the allocation of diagnoses using
a different axis of classification, such as the morphology of
tumours.
The second group of classifications covers aspects related to
health problems generally outside the formal diagnoses of current
conditions, as well as other classification related to health
care. This group includes classifications of disablement, of medical
and surgical procedures, and of reasons for contact with health
care providers.
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