Inflammatory arthritis codes increased 30-fold in the transition from the ninth to the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9 and -10), yet few were used in clinical ...
The International Classification of Diseases, or ICD, is a classification system for all physical and mental diseases produced by the World Health Organization (WHO). It’s used for diagnosis, research ...
Background and Goal: The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) system standardizes diagnostic codes globally, enabling accurate comparisons of health data. This study investigated regional ...
In its latest catalogue of health conditions, the World Health Organization almost equated old age with disease. Then it backed off. Last year, over Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, Kiran Rabheru ...
Misdiagnosis or underdiagnosis of rare diseases in patients with diagnoses of common diseases can lead to delayed or inappropriate treatments, thereby complicating the management of both rare and ...
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10 code L80 demonstrated high accuracy for identifying vitiligo, with a positive predictive value (PPV) of 95% for single code use and 99% with at ...