ICD-10 code definition

ICD-10 code means the code established in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) adopted by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services, or the code used in any successor classification system adopted by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services, that corresponds to the diagnosis of the condition being treated;
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ICD-10 code means an alphanumeric code that is used to inform medical schemes about what condition their Members were Treated for so that claims can be settled correctly. ICD-10 stands for International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (10th revision) and it is a coding system developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), that translates the written description of medical and health information into standard codes;
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ICD-10 code means the diagnostic code used to designate a medical condition.
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Examples of ICD-10 code in a sentence

  • Comorbidity was based on the ICD-10 code and specified as a diagnosis for each patient (eg, endocrine, heart, nervous system diseases).


More Definitions of ICD-10 code

ICD-10 code means the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification system used by physicians and other health care providers to classify and code all diagnoses, symptoms and procedures recorded in conjunction with hospital care.
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