I have never had any experience with ICD 9, so I can't speak for that,
but ICD 10 is fairly specific. I like that you have right/left fracture
codes. I like the unspecified and not elsewhere classified. The things I
have issues on are probably stuff in the chart that I am missing
documentation for such as if someone got stabbed if it's a laceration
or open wound or puncture wound because when I tried to look that
up today, it was a struggle. I think if they make it all digital that will
help find the terms in the index faster. I also think that will help
companies that are sending people home to work. It is going to be
faster for them to get the product and they do not need to wait on a
physical copy.
"A key principle in this revision was to simplify the coding and
provide users with all necessary electronic tooling – this will allow
health-care professionals to more easily and completely record
conditions," says Dr Robert Jakob, Team Lead, Classifications
Terminologies and Standards, WHO. I think this was a good point
because it also said that it helped figure out unsafe workflow in the
hospital. Sometimes we do need electronic sources to help us do
stuff. I like anything that can get more specific.
I believe that any country could benefit from using a system that has
clarity. ICD 10 already made it to where there was a specific code
and even, as I said before, narrowed it down to
right/left/upper/lower and terms such as those. It also helps the
patient understand their diagnosis better and the insurance company
likes to see the exact issue. Another example of a quote in my article
said, "It has been compiled and updated with input from over 90
countries and unprecedented involvement of health-care providers,
enabling evolution from a system imposed on clinicians into a truly
enabling clinical classification and terminology database that serves a
broad range of uses for recording and reporting statistics on health"
(WHO). That means that they took a lot into account when they
created this system. They were able to try to narrow down
terminology and create something everyone understood.
Side note, I forgot to add they are adding some mental and addiction
disorders. I like that they are trying to keep up to date on those as
they are always changing and expanding and because a new
condition is frustrating to try to code for if you do not have a special
code.
World Health Organization. (2022, February 11). Who's New
International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) comes into effect.
World Health Organization. Retrieved February 17, 2022,
from https://www.who.int/news/item/11-02-2022-who-s-new-
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