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ILCD to ICD-10 Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

From ILCD to ICD-10

ICD-6 Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

Information about the structure of ICD-6

ICD-9 Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

The "International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems" (ICD-9) was developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and translated into German by the DIMDI. The abbreviation ICD stands for International Classification of Diseases; …

VAS Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

The Tabular List of inclusions and four-character subcategories (VAS), in brief: Tabular list, consists of 22 chapters (I to XXII), covering all diseases, with the organ-specific chapters III to XIV constituting the core.

Further development Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

As an international classification, ICD-10 of WHO is used in many countries. To that end, it is translated into the national language under consideration of the country-specific medical terminology (in Germany as ICD-10-WHO) or additionally adapted …

ICD-9 and previous revisions Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

BfArM also provides previous versions in file form. ICD-9 and also ICD-8 are available in the versions for the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. ICD-7 and ICD-6 are available in the version for the Federal Republic of …

History and outlook Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

The pages on the history of ICD-10-WHO provide you with information about the periods of validity of the various revisions and versions of the German-language ICD-10-WHO, an overview of the development of the WHO-version of ICD-10 and its …

DDR-Verzeichnis Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

Instead of ICD-6 and ICD-7 in the former German Democratic Republic a special classification served as the basis for morbidity and mortality encoding from 1952 to 1968: "Verzeichnis der Krankheiten und Todesursachen für Zwecke der Medizinalstatistik" (

UCUM Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a system for coding units of measure. The coding system was developed with the aim of representing all units of measurement used internationally in science, including laboratory medicine and …

Structure of Tabular list Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

OPS is an interdisciplinary monohierarchical alphanumeric classification for operations and procedures with up to 6 hierarchical levels. The following information is provided for an initial understanding of the OPS. Encoding requires full familiarity …

Category and Code Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

OPS codes have a maximum of six digits; they are not purely numerical but can include (lower-case) letters from the fourth digit onwards. The following notes refer to the presentation of the codes in the print edition or the HTML online version.

Tabular list Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

In addition to the hierarchically ordered list of codes, the Tabular List to OPS also includes in its preface a commentary on the respective edition and notes on the application of the index. The appendix contains instruction on the calculation of the

Purpose Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

Why do you encode using OPS?

A modern healthcare system such as the one in Germany is characterised by a high level of cooperation and communication networking on a functional, sectoral, regional, national, European and international level. To …

Application Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

ICD-10-WHO is a diagnostic classification, i.e. a classification system to make content accessible, e.g. the cause of death certificate: To which category in the classification should the natural language text entries in the certificate be assigned,

Application Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

In the following, you find instructions on the application rules that apply and the use of OPS. In addition, we provide some examples on the purposes of encoding according to OPS.

Alphabetical index Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

Volume 3 of ICD-10-WHO contains the Alphabetical Index. It consists of an extensive collection of encoded diagnoses and other descriptions.

Purpose Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

A modern healthcare system such as the one in Germany is characterised by a high level of cooperation and communication networking on a functional, sectoral, regional, national, European and international level. To ensure communication between …

Application Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

This section provides you with information on the use of ICD-10-GM and the application rules that apply. In addition, we provide some examples on the purposes of encoding according to ICD-10-GM.

Causes of death statistics Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

Internationally comparable official mortality statistics are prepared by the regional statistical offices; they evaluate death certificates and encode the causes of death in accordance with ICD-10-WHO.

WHO Family of Classifications Date: 26. November 2019 Topics: Kodiersysteme Type: Article

Family of international health-related classifications (FIC)