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ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [ 1] Work on ICD-10 began in 1983, [ 2 ...
The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.
ICD versions before ICD-9 are not in use anywhere. [16] ICD-9 was published in 1977, and superseded by ICD-10 in 1994. The last version of ICD-10 was published in 2019, and it was replaced by ICD-11 on 1 January 2022. [17] As of February 2022, 35 of the 194 member states have made the transition to the latest version of the ICD. [18]
Delayed sleep phase disorder ( DSPD ), more often known as delayed sleep phase syndrome and also as delayed sleep–wake phase disorder, is the delaying of a person's circadian rhythm (biological clock) compared to those of societal norms. The disorder affects the timing of biological rhythms including sleep, peak period of alertness, core body ...
Central cord syndrome (CCS) is the most common form of cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). It is characterized by loss of power and sensation in arms and hands. It usually results from trauma which causes damage to the neck, leading to major injury to the central corticospinal tract of the spinal cord. [ 1]
An orbital blowout fracture is a traumatic deformity of the orbital floor or medial wall that typically results from the impact of a blunt object larger than the orbital aperture, or eye socket. [ 1] Most commonly this results in a herniation of orbital contents through the orbital fractures. [ 1]
Diagnostic codes exist to describe the various forms of CL/P. The two most common coding systems used for description of the type of cleft include ICD-9 and ICD-10 (or modifications in the United States, ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM). [2] In ICD-9-CM, cleft lip is encoded by 749.10-749.14; cleft palate by 749.00-749.04; and cleft lip with cleft ...
A subdural hematoma ( SDH) is a type of bleeding in which a collection of blood —usually but not always associated with a traumatic brain injury —gathers between the inner layer of the dura mater and the arachnoid mater of the meninges surrounding the brain. It usually results from tears in bridging veins that cross the subdural space .