ICD coding for epilepsy: Past, present, and future—A report by the International League Against Epilepsy Task Force on ICD codes in epilepsy
Abstract
The World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Diseases (ICD) has been used to classify causes of morbidity and mortality such as epilepsy for more than 50 years. The aims of this critical commentary are to do the following: (1) Introduce the ICD classification, summarize the ICD‐9 and ICD‐10 codes for epilepsy and seizures, and discuss the challenges of mapping epilepsy codes between these two versions; (2) discuss how the ICD‐9 and ICD‐10 relate to the revised International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) terminology and concepts for classification of seizures and epilepsies; (3) discuss how ICD‐coded data have been used for epilepsy care and research and briefly examine the potential impact of the international ICD‐10 clinical modifications on research; (4) discuss the upcoming ICD‐11 codes and the role of the epilepsy community in their development; and (5) discuss how the ICD‐11 will conform more closely to the current ILAE terminology and classification of the epilepsies and seizures and its potential impact on clinical care, surveillance, and public health and research.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Feb 12, 2015
- Source ID
- 10.1111/epi.12895
Entities
People
- Dale Hesdorffer
- Donna Bergen
- Ettore Beghi
- Marco T. Medina
- Nathalie Jetté
- Sameer M. Zuberi
- Solomon L. Moshé
Organizations
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Alberta Health Services
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Columbia University
- Epilepsy Foundation
- European Commission
- Ministry of Health of Italy
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- National Institutes of Health
- Royal Hospital for Sick Children
- Rush University
- UCB
- United States Department of Defense
- University of Calgary
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Glasgow