ICD coding for rare diseases
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icd-coding-for-rare-diseases-252-12320491
title:
ICD coding for rare diseases
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The ICD coding for rare diseases is the International Classification of Diseases code used for the purpose of documenting rare diseases. It is important for health insurance reimbursement, administration, epidemiology, and research. Of the approximately 7,000 rare diseases, only about 500 have a specific code. However, more than 5400 rare diseases are included in ICD-11 and can be recorded using an ICD-11 URI. An ICD code is needed for a person's medical records—it is important for health insura
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Codes in the International Classification of Diseases
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICD_coding_for_rare_diseases
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2023-12-02T23:53:25Z
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