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Title: | The Development of ICD Adaptations and Modifications as Background to a Potential Saudi Arabia's National Version | Contributor(s): | Alharbi, Musaed Ali (author) ; Isouard, Godfrey (author); Tolchard, Barry (author) | Publication Date: | 2019-09-19 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.5539/gjhs.v11n11p158 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/27698 | Abstract: | Modified national versions of the WHO’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases, current version ICD-10 with ICD-11 coming into effect in January 2022, have become the standard in many countries for diagnosis and procedure coding to facilitate the submission of medical billing and reimbursement by health insurers. The WHO ICD-10 exists purely as a coded classification of disease. It has no related classification of procedures and lacks the clinical level of diagnostic specificity necessary for the documentation of individual clinical cases and the associated prescribed therapies and interventions, particularly surgical cases. Historically, the US clinical modification of ICD-9, known as ICD-9-CM, established the trend. Australia adopted ICD-9-CM, later adapted it to Australian clinical specifications, and after the launch of the WHO ICD-10 produced the current Australian modification ICD-10-AM, used under license by many other countries. This paper examines a work in progress, rather than offering an academic critique, to illustrate the evolution of national clinical modications with particular reference to those of the United States, Australia and Thailand. The selection is based on the historical ICD-9-CM connection of the US and Australia, and the fact that Thailand is a more advanced developing nation like Saudi Arabia. The study parameters include the Saudi national healthcare system which has not previously employed a classification clinical coding, despite the wealthy developing healthcare system. Nations using their own modification face the burden of upgrading. Saudi Arabia plans to implement the national Australian modification, rather than creating a Saudi national modification. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Global Journal of Health Science, 11(11), p. 158-167 | Publisher: | Canadian Center of Science and Education | Place of Publication: | Canada | ISSN: | 1916-9744 1916-9736 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 080702 Health Informatics 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 420308 Health informatics and information systems | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920299 Health and Support Services not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200206 Health system performance (incl. effectiveness of programs) | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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