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International
Classification of Diseases (ICD)
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A medical
code
set maintained
by the World
Health Organization (WHO). The primary purpose of this code
set is to classify
causes of death. A US extension of this coding system, maintained by the NCHS
within the CDC, is used to identify morbidity factors, or diagnoses. The
ICD-9-CM codes have been selected for use in the HIPAA
transactions. ICD &
ICD-n-CM
& ICD-n-PCS: International Classification of
Diseases, with
"n" = "9" or "10", "CM" = "Current
Methodology", and "PCS" = "Procedure Coding System".*
*Reproduced with permission of FOX Systems Inc.
and HIPAA Consulting.
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