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Two Android Apps On ICD-10 & ICD-10 PCS

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Prior to owning a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, I had researched on the iPad and Samsung’s  flagship tablet. I finally owned the Samsung simply because of the greater availbility of free Android apps.

Over the weekend, I was discovering new medical apps from the store, and found a midst them two free Android apps on ICD-10 I felt worthy to download after reading user reviews, among the many others. I download and tested them. Here is a slideshow of what I know about these apps.




Please take note that these apps are not a short-cut to avoid using the ICD-10 and ICD-10 PCS volumes. These apps only serve as a quick reference for the doctor or HIM/MR professional to code, and it’s the responsibility of the professional HIM/MR coder to verify and assign more complete codes.

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The apps ICD 10 Lite 2012 and Diseases Codes ICD-10 are not products endorsed by me  for the professional and expert purpose of ICD-10 and ICD-10 PCS coding practices by anyone involved in ICD-10 and ICD-10 PCS coding, and posted here only for general consumption.

Race to the ICD-10 Finish Line

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In the US, the race is on to comply with ICD-10 by 1 October 2013!

Take a look at this info-graphic from teksystems.com about the race to this finish line. It tells the story about the healthcare system in the US and their partnership with healthcare vendors to implement ICD-10 there.

We in Malaysia, had no such fiery race but a finish line to switch over from ICD-9 to ICD-10 during the transition period from as early as 1998 to our finish line on 31 December 1998, and we started using ICD-10 by 1 January 1999 in our morbidity and mortality reporting systems, some 14 YEARS earlier than in the US!

I think as HIM/MR professionals, we are the ones who need to spearhead the next big thing in ICD, that is ICD-11 when medical records systems in Malaysia would probably be IT driven. Our hospital IT departments are usually with a young and usually inexperienced workforce(my experiences and opinion). I also think it will be wise to take the lead and not make them to struggle with the then implementation of ICD-11 or even ICD-10 if your hospital plans to go the EMR way in the foreseeable years, because they would be lacking the  experience, skills and bandwidth to handle ICD systems.

11th International Classification of Diseases

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For the first time, experts in the public health community who work with patient diagnosis and treatment have an opportunity to contribute to the development of the next version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which is WHO’s publication that ensures all members of the health community refer to diseases and health conditions in a consistent way.

WHO is releasing the beta version of what will be ICD-11 on a wiki-type platform that allows stakeholder comments to be added after peer review. The final ICD-11 will be released in 2015.

WHO encourages anyone interested to comment to develop a more comprehensive classification.

Foundation for reliable health data

The ICD is the foundation for the identification of health trends and statistics globally. Receiving input from health experts will greatly improve the representation from current medical practice and create insight from a broader diversity of medicine.

“Literally this is what doctors use to diagnose a patient,” says Tevfik Bedirhan Ustun, coordinator in the Department of Health Statistics and Information Systems. “It is how we define the cause of death when a person dies. In research, it is how we classify health problems based on evidence.”

The ICD is the gold standard for defining and reporting diseases and health conditions. It allows the world to compare and share health information using a common language.

In addition to health providers, the ICD is a key tool used by epidemiologists to study disease patterns, insurers, national health programme managers, data collection specialists, and others who track global health progress and how health resources are spent.

ICD-11 innovations

Using advances in information technology, this ICD revision will allow users to collect data on cause of death, advances in science and medicine, emerging diseases and health conditions, and compare information across the globe with more ease and diversity in the service of public health and clinical reporting.

New features of the 11th version

  • There will be a new chapter on traditional medicine, which constitutes a significant part of health care in many parts of the world.
  • It will be ready to use with electronic health records and applications.
  • It will updated through the development phase to reflect new knowledge as it is added to the classification.
  • It will be produced in multiple languages through the development phase.

How to participate in ICD-11

Public health experts interested in contributing to ICD-11 can review the classification and register to join the consultation now. The final version of ICD-11 will be launched in 2015.

Source: http://www.who.int/features/2012/international_classification_disease/en/index.html