The International Classification of Disease tenth revision (ICD-10) is a system of coding
created by the World Health Organization that notes various medical records including diseases,
symptoms, abnormal findings and external causes of injury.
The ICD-10 was created in 1992 as the successor to the previous ICD-9 system. In the United
States, an official use of the ICD-10 system will begin on October 1st, 2013. It will be
split into two systems:
ICD-10-CM (clinical modification) for diagnostic coding and ICD-10-PCS (procedure coding
system) for inpatient hospital procedure coding.
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How the
transition to ICD-10 codes will affect health IT
This was last updated in April 2012
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