Additional Material

Web Links:
Web Link 1: http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/
Web Link 2: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd10.htm
Web Link 3:
http://www.doh.wa.gov/DataandStatisticalReports/VitalStatisticsData/Death/ICD10ICD9CodingCause
ofDeath
Web Link 4: https://icd.codes/articles/what-is-icd

Interesting Facts:
Fact 1 The World Health Organization (WHO), the public health
sector of the United Nations, which focuses on
international health and outbreaks, began work on the tenth
edition of the International Classification of Diseases
(ICD-10) coding system nearly 30 years ago in 1983.
Fact 2 It took nearly a decade to develop ICD-10. And final
version of ICD-10 has existed for more than a decade.
Fact 3 Half of the states of Australia implemented ICD-10 in 1998
and the remainder followed in 1999. Canada quickly
followed ICD-10 in 2000.
Fact 4 European countries along with Thailand, Korea, China, and https://www.webpt.com/blog/p
South Africa have adopted ICD-10 either in its original, ost/history-icd-10
modified, or translated form. Even Dubai hopped aboard
the ICD-10 train in 2012.

Points to Ponder:
ICD-9 was designed in the late 1970s and was adopted by many countries around the world during the
1980s. Although this version was more detailed and inter professional than the previous versions of
the ICD, it did not meet the clinical needs of providers and payers in the United States.
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3692324/)
WHO leaders realized that, During the creation of ICD-9, even bigger classification changes would
need to be implemented soon. To address this issue, development of the 10th revision of ICD was
initiated even before the ninth version was completed. The WHO Collaborating Centers for the
Classification of Diseases experimented with different models and structures for ICD-10. Multiple
international users’ and developers’ appeals and requests postponed the publication of ICD-10 from
1985 to 1989. During this extended time, the WHO implemented changes and further developed ICD-
10. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3692324/)
In the United States, ICD-10 consists of two parts: ICD-10-CM for diagnosis coding and the
International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) for
inpatient procedure coding.
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3692324/)
According to the HHS requirements, ICD-10-CM will become a standard for all US healthcare
settings, whereas ICD-10-PCS will be required in inpatient settings
only. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3692324/)