ICD-10 Overview and Timeline
ICD-10 Overview
The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (known as "ICD-10") is a medical classification list for the coding of diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases, as maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO provides detailed information about ICD online, and makes available a set of materials online, such as an ICD-10 online browser, ICD-10 online training, ICD-10 online training support, and study guide materials for download. Visit ICD-10 Training and ICD-10 Classifications.
Work on ICD-10 began in 1983 and was completed in 1992.
The ICD-10 consists of:
- Tabular lists containing cause-of-death titles and codes (Volume 1)
- Inclusion and exclusion terms for cause-of-death titles (Volume 1)
- An alphabetical index to diseases and nature of injury, external causes of injury, table of drugs and chemicals (Volume 3)
- Descriptions, guidelines, and coding resources (Volume 2)
Whereas predecessor ICD-9-CM contains more than 17,000 codes, ICD-10 contains more than 141,000 codes and accommodates a host of new diagnoses and procedures.
HHS proposes one-year delay of ICD-10 compliance date
On April 17, 2012 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule that would delay, from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014, the compliance date for the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD-10). Only a handful of countries, including the United States and Italy, have not adopted ICD-10 as their standard for reporting.
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