International Classification of Diseases


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In·ter·na·tion·al Clas·si·fi·ca·tion of Dis·eases (ICD, ICDA),

(in'tĕr-na'shŭn-ăl klas'i-fi-kā'shŭn dis-ēz-es),
The classification of specific conditions and groups of conditions determined by an internationally representative expert committee that advises the World Health Organization, which publishes the complete list in a periodically revised book, the Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death. The Tenth Revision (ICD-10) came into use in 1992; it has 20 chapters, each with a hierarchical arrangement of subdivisions (rubrics); some chapters are etiologic, some relate to body systems, some to classes of conditions, and some to procedures.
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In·ter·na·tion·al Clas·si·fi·ca·tion of Dis·eas·es

(ICD) (in'tĕr-nash'ŭn-ăl klas'i-fi-kā'shŭn di-zēz'ĕz)
The enumeration of specific conditions and groups of conditions determined by an internationally representative expert committee that advises the World Health Organization, which publishes the complete list in a periodically revised book, the Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death. The tenth revision (ICD-10) came into use in 1992; it has 20 chapters, each with a hierarchical arrangement of subdivisions (rubrics) some chapters are etiologic; others relate to body systems, classes of conditions, or procedures.
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In·ter·na·tion·al Clas·si·fi·ca·tion of Dis·eas·es

(ICD) (in'tĕr-nash'ŭn-ăl klas'i-fi-kā'shŭn di-zēz'ĕz)
The enumeration of specific conditions and groups of conditions determined by expert committee that advises the World Health Organization, which publishes the complete list in a periodically revised book, the Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death.
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