Reason for Selecting Disease Classification Structures

Reason for Selecting Disease Classification Structures

Reason for Selecting Disease Classification Structures

Disease classification structures improve mortality statistics by consolidating conditions, by giving preference to certain categories, and by selecting a single cause of death from a reported sequence of conditions.

Disease classification structures are designed for the classification of mortality and morbidity information for the purpose of statistics.

Disease classification structures aid in the indexing of hospital records by operations and by disease

Disease classification structures also aid in data storage and retrieval on diseases

References

International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.ihs.gov/icd10/index.cfm?module=dsp_icd_faq

International Classification of Diseases (ICD). (2010). Retrieved from

http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/

Wager, K.A., Lee, F.W., & Glaser, J.P., (2009). Health Care Information Systems: A Practical

Approach for Health Care Management. (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: John Wiley &

Sons, Inc.

 

 

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The ICD (International Classification of Diseases) is the internationally recognized standard diagnostic tool which is used for clinical purposes, health management and epidemiology.  This standard diagnostic tool includes the conclusive analysis of the usual health situation within a certain group of a population………………..

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