ICD and the DSM

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         International Classification ofDiseases (ICD)     

•Classification system used to track morbidity and mortality of all diseases. •Developed by the World Health Organization•The ICD is a much broader compendium that the DSM, in that it covers psychiatric issues, diseases, injuries, and many other conditions and afflictions. •The current version of ICD is 10; the United States and some other countries are still using ICD 9 for reporting purposes.•The ICD definitions are important because they provide the framework for discussing medical and mental health issues around the world. ICD is the standard that that ties everything together, so that a person with autism, flu, , or any other issue would be diagnosed the same anywhere he or she went. At least that's the goal of its developers.••Official U.S. coding system used to track morbidity and mortality of all diseases.•ICD diagnosis codes required by HIPAA

The was used to code and classify mortality data from death certificates until 1999, when use of ICD-10 for mortality coding started.

Organization's Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9).

ICD-9-CM (Clinical Modification) – current version

•Based on WHO's ICD-9 (1975)•National Center for Health Statistics developed "clinical modification" (CM) version for U.S.•Codes are numerical from 001 to 999 (this is why DSM-IV codes go from 290 to 319; they are derived from the mental disorders section of the larger ICD coding system).•Chapter V Mental & Behavioral Disorders has 30 three-digit categories


ICD-10-CM


¡Based on WHO's ICD-10 (1989)

¡Implementation in U.S. scheduled for October 2014¡Codes are alphanumerical (A00-Z99)¡Chapter V Mental & Behavioral Disorders are "F codes"


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