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Medical Coding or Medical Classification is turning medical diagnoses and procedures into universal medical code numbers. Diagnosis codes are used to track diseases, whether they are everyday diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Disease, to contagious diseases such as Norovirus, the flu, and Athlete's foot. These diagnosis and procedure codes are also used by health insurance companies and workers' compensation carriers.

Medical classification systems are used for a variety of applications in medicine and medical informatics

Types of classification

List of medical classification systems

Specialized for medicine

Part of WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) [

Reference Classifications
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  • International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition (ICD-O-3)
  • ICD-10 for Mental and Behavioural Disorders [link]
  • Application of the International Classification of Diseases to Dentistry and Stomatology, 3rd Edition (ICD-DA) [link]
  • Application of the International Classification of Diseases to Neurology (ICD-10-NA) [link]
  • International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for Children and Youth (ICF-CY) [link]

Other

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