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The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD
ICD

The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings,...
-10
) is a coding of diseases and signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or diseases, as classified by the World Health Organization
World Health Organization

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health....
 (WHO). The code set allows more than 155,000 different codes and permits tracking of many new diagnoses and procedures
Surgery

Surgery is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason....
, a significant expansion on the 17,000 codes available in ICD-9.

Work on ICD-10 began in 1983 and was completed in 1992.

following is a List of ICD-10 codes.






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The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD
ICD

The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings,...
-10
) is a coding of diseases and signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or diseases, as classified by the World Health Organization
World Health Organization

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health....
 (WHO). The code set allows more than 155,000 different codes and permits tracking of many new diagnoses and procedures
Surgery

Surgery is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason....
, a significant expansion on the 17,000 codes available in ICD-9.

Work on ICD-10 began in 1983 and was completed in 1992.

List

The following is a List of ICD-10 codes. The version for 2007 is available online at http://www.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10online/

Chapter Blocks Title
I A00-B99
ICD-10 Chapter I: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

A00-A79 - Bacterial infections, and other intestinal infectious diseases, and STDs...
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
II C00-D48
ICD-10 Chapter II: Neoplasms

C00-D48 - Neoplasms...
Neoplasms
III D50-D89 Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
IV E00-E90
ICD-10 Chapter IV: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

E00-E35 - Endocrine diseases...
 
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
V F00-F99
ICD-10 Chapter V: Mental and behavioural disorders

The 2007 version of the ICD is available online at http://www.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10online/...
 
Mental and behavioural disorders
VI G00-G99
ICD-10 Chapter VI: Diseases of the nervous system

G00-G99 - Diseases of the nervous system...
Diseases of the nervous system
VII H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
VIII H60-H95 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
IX I00-I99
ICD-10 Chapter IX: Diseases of the circulatory system

I00-I99 - Diseases of the circulatory system...
 
Diseases of the circulatory system
X J00-J99
ICD-10 Chapter X: Diseases of the respiratory system

J00-J99 - Diseases of the respiratory system...
 
Diseases of the respiratory system
XI K00-K93
ICD-10 Chapter XI: Diseases of the digestive system

K00-K93 - Diseases of the digestive system...
 
Diseases of the digestive system
XII L00-L99
ICD-10 Chapter XII: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

L00-L99 - Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue...
 
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
XIII M00-M99
ICD-10 Chapter XIII: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

M00-M99 - Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue...
 
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
XIV N00-N99
ICD-10 Chapter XIV: Diseases of the genitourinary system

N00-N39 - Diseases of the genitourinary system: urinary system...
 
Diseases of the genitourinary system
XV O00-O99
ICD-10 Chapter XV: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

O00-O99 - Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium...
 
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
XVI P00-P96
ICD-10 Chapter XVI: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

P00-P96 - Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period...
 
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
XVII Q00-Q99
ICD-10 Chapter XVII: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities

Q00-Q89 - Congenital malformations and deformations nervous system * Anencephaly and similar malformations** Anencephaly*** Acephaly...
 
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
XVIII R00-R99
ICD-10 Chapter XVIII: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings

R00-R69 - Symptoms and signs...
 
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
XIX S00-T98
ICD-10 Chapter XIX: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

S00-T14 - Injury...
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
XX V01-Y98
ICD-10 Chapter XX: External causes of morbidity and mortality

V01-Y98 - External causes of morbidity and death...
 
External causes of morbidity and mortality
XXI Z00-Z99
ICD-10 Chapter XXI: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services

Z00-Z99 - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services...
 
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
XXII U00-U99
ICD-10 Chapter XXII: Codes for special purposes

The ICD-10 Chapter XXII: Codes for special purposes are:* U01, U02, U03: Terrorism* U04: Severe acute respiratory syndrome * U80: Agent resistant to penicillin and related antibiotics...
 
Codes for special purposes


Derivatives

Other countries have created their own extensions to ICD-10. For example, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 introduced their first edition of in 1998, and Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 introduced in 2000.

Germany: ICD-10-GM (German Modification)

See also

  • ICD#ICD-10
    ICD

    The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings,...
     -- provides multiple external links for looking up ICD-10 codes
  • International Classification of Diseases for Oncology
    International Classification of Diseases for Oncology

    The International Classification of Diseases for Oncology is a domain specific extension of the ICD for tumor diseases. This classification is widely used by cancer registry....


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