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- Title
Leaving the Walkman and ICD-9 Behind: Modernizing the Disease Classification System Used by Canadian Physicians.
- Authors
GARIES, STEPHANIE; DICKINSON, JAMES A.; MCDONALD, TERRENCE; O'BEIRNE, MAEVE; MCBRIEN, KERRY A.; EASTWOOD, CATHERINE; SOUTHERN, DANIELLE A.; DRUMMOND, NEIL; QUAN, HUDE
- Abstract
The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) was released in the 1970s and adopted in Canada for physician billing claims in 1979 (CIHI n.d.b.; WHO & International Conference for the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases 1977). ICD-9 is no longer adequate for representing our modern healthcare environment and patient needs. We summarize the findings from a small survey of ICD-9 users across Canada -- such as family physicians, researchers and decision makers -- who describe the limitations of ICD-9 and the features that they would desire in a new or updated classification system.
- Subjects
CANADA; HEALTH policy; NOSOLOGY; PHYSICIANS' attitudes; DECISION making
- Publication
Healthcare Policy, 2022, Vol 18, Issue 1, p32
- ISSN
1715-6572
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12927/hcpol.2022.26907