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? The ICD is the foundation for the identification of health trends and statistics globally. ? It is the international standard for defining and reporting diseases and health conditions. ? These entities are listed in a comprehensive way so that everything is covered.
? ICD allows the counting of deaths as well as diseases, injuries, symptoms, reasons for encounter, factors that influence health status, and external causes of disease.
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? It organizes information into standard groupings of diseases, which allows for:
a. Easy storage, retrieval and analysis of health information for evidence-based decision making
b. Sharing and comparing health information between hospitals, regions, settings and countries c. Data comparisons in the same location across different time periods.
- It is the diagnostic classification standard for all clinical and research purposes. These include;
a. Monitoring of the incidence and prevalence of diseases,
b. Observing reimbursements and resource allocation trends, and
c. Keeping track of safety and quality guidelines.
Titany answered the question on August 27, 2021 at 09:42
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