Web site
http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/
Authority
The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) was developed and is maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO). The U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is the WHO Collaborating Center for the Family of International Classifications in North America, and is the U.S. governmental agency responsible for overseeing ICD use in the U.S.
Purpose
ICD-10 is used to promote international comparability in the collection, processing, classification, and presentation of mortality statistics from death certificates.
Description
ICD-10 consists of:
Audience
ICD-10 is used in a variety of clinical and health care applications for reporting, morbidity statistics, and billing.
Update Frequency
ICD-10 is updated annually in January.
Metathesaurus Update Frequency
ICD-10 was last updated in the Metathesaurus in 2001.
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