What kind of data does ICD classify?
It classifies mortality and morbidity data.
What is an axis?
It is a criteria on which a classification is based.
What are the primary axes that ICD-10-Ca is based on?
- Epidemic diseases
- Constitutional or general diseases
- Local diseases arranged by site
- Developmental diseases
- Injuries
What are the two major components of ICD-10-CA (folio)?
1. Tabular list - the classification itself and contains a numeric lists of codes of diagnoses, injury and describing factor codes.
2. Alphabetical index - an alphabetic listing of diseases, injuries and more. It leads to the codes in the tabular list.
What do blocks do?
They group together one or more categories into a related group.
What does a code ending in .8 mean?
There is no specific code for the condition recorded in the folio.
What does a code ending in .9 mean?
It means that there is not enough information in the chart (unspecified location, etc.).
What is dual classification?
When there is a relationship between conditions.