HIMSS Word of the Day #076: International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD), published by the World Health Organization, is the global standard for classifying diseases and health conditions for statistics, epidemiology, and payment. This post explains ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS in the United States, what ICD-11 changes, how ICD differs from clinical terminologies like SNOMED CT, and why documentation drives coding.