The ICD-IO Classifications of Injuries
The ICD-IO Classifications of Injuries and External Causes by L'Hours Introduction The Tenth Revision of the ICW published in 1992 is the most radical since the Sixth Revision in 1948 and in many respects represents a new classification rather than an updating of the previous revision that has been in use since 1977. The adoption of an alphanumeric coding scheme of one letter and two numbers at the three-character level with decimal subdivisions at the fourth character has almost doubled the size of the coding frame as compared to ICD-9. This has enabled new categories to be created for a number of entities with the fourth character being used for enhanced clinical and other detail.
The ICD-IO Classifications of Injuries and External Causes by A.C.P. L'Hours ... by the WHO Executive Board and the World Health Assembly in 1990, Volume 1 of ICD-10 was published in 1992 and the classification came into use in two countries in 1994. Several other countries will adopt it in 1995.
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