Unless one travels in medical or healthcare circles, it’s highly doubtful that ICD-9 codes mean anything.
Why?
ICD stands for International Classification of Diseases, or more accurately, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. But it’s known as ICD.
So what’s the “9” for?
It means it’s the 9th revision.
And what good is ICD-9?
It’s a means of tracking disease.
And, to put things in perspective, while the article below would tend to infer that a one year delay might be a bad thing, consider that the work upon ICD-10 has been ongoing since 1983, and was Read the rest of this entry »
