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International Classification of Disease
(ICD) codes
International Classification
of Disease (ICD) coding has been selected as part of the code
set standard under HIPAA, to describe diseases and other
health problems in electronic transactions.
ICD codes were
originally developed to
classify and code mortality data, such as from death certificates.
In its expanded "clinical modification" (ICD-CM),
it has come to be used for morbidity (illness and disease)
data in a broad range of settings, such as inpatient and outpatient
clinic records, physician offices, and other surveys.
ICD is now in its
9th and 10th versions (ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM).
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