Rasmussen College Research ICD Codes Written Assignment

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  • Define the International Classification of Disease and the World Health Organization. How are these two items related?
  • Explain how ICD is utilized from both reimbursement and research perspectives. Discuss the history of ICD-9 and ICD-10 in the United States and how these two versions differ.
  • Many countries use ICD-10. Choose a country from the following list and research when they began using ICD-10 and how they used ICD-10:
    • United Kingdom
    • Denmark
    • Finland
    • Sweden
    • Norway
    • France
    • Australia
    • Belgium
    • Germany
    • Canada

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Running head: ICD CODES

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ICD CODES
Name
Institutions Affiliation
Date

Running head: ICD CODES

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Introduction
ICD codes inception extends back to the 19th century when ICD 1 was introduced in the
United States (De Coster 2011). Since then, ICD has been modified to ICD 10 which was
released in 1979. The codes are used for morbidity and mortality statistics. The purpose of these
codes is to facilitate the international comparison during the collection, classification, processing
and, presentation of mortality statistics. Normally, the codes are revised and modified after every
ten years and it is widely used in healthcare. Therefore it has been used to mostly to summarize
diseases and operation incidences (Martin 2010).

International Classification of Dis...


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