What's the long form of ICD?
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
Who listed it as a medical classification?
WHO
How many codes does the code set allow?
14,400
Can the codes be expanded more?
yes
to what number?
16,000
with the use of what?
optional sub-classifications
Give me three things that it consists codes for?
diseases, abnormal findings and complaints
In what year did the work on ICD-10 begin?
1983
and finished in?
1992
What type of modifications contain more detail?
national
The US ICD-10 has how many codes?
93,000
How many countries use ICD-10 for reimbursement?
27
And what about the unchanged version?
110
For performing what?
cause of death reporting and statistics
Does this code allow tracking new diagnoses?
yes