The application of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases to neurology: ICD-10 NA

• Published in: Journal of the neurological sciences Vol. 161; no. 1; pp. 2 - 9
• Main Authors: van Drimmelen-Krabbe, J.J., Bradley, W.G., Orgogozo, J.M., Sartorius, N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier B.V 26.11.1998; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Application to neurology; Biological and medical sciences; Cause of Death; Humans; ICD-10 Neurological application; International classification of diseases; Medical sciences; Mental Disorders - classification; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Nervous system as a whole; Nervous System Diseases - classification; Nervous System Diseases - diagnosis; Nervous System Diseases - epidemiology; Nervous System Diseases - mortality; Neurological application of ICD-10; Neurology; Neurosciences - trends; World Health Organization; International classification of diseases; Application to neurology; Neurological application of ICD-10; ICD-10 Neurological application; Human; Nervous system diseases; International Classification of Diseases 10; Classification; Revised drafting; Structure; Case history; Medical application
• ISSN: 0022-510X; 1878-5883
• DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00217-2

Rapid advances in the clinical neurosciences in the last decade have led to considerable amplification of our ability to classify neurological diseases. For these classifications to be widely used, they must be compatible with the `International Statistical Classification of Diseases and related health problems' (ICD) of the World Health Organization (WHO), which system is used throughout the world for classification of diseases and reasons of death. The `Ninth' revision of the ICD (ICD-9), published in 1976, is currently in use in a number of Member States of the World Health Organization, including the United States. However, it is expected that by the end of this decade virtually all Member States will have introduced the 10th Revision of the ICD (ICD-10), published in 1992. An `Application of ICD-10 to neurology' (ICD-10 NA) has been developed, with a specific coding system for virtually every neurological disease currently recognized. This article describes the structure and background of this work, that is offered as a definitive international classification of neurological disease to be used by clinical and research organizations, governmental and nongovernmental bodies, and for epidemiological and research purposes. It is concordant with the new and proposed classifications of subspecialty neurological organizations.