Join WITI RTP as we partner with AITP (Association of Information Technology Professionals) for the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) is a coding of diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or diseases, as classified by the World Health Organization (WHO). The code set allows more than 14,400 different codes and permits the tracking of many new diagnoses.

This news release from the US Department of Health and Human Services provides some more background information on ICD �" 10.
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/08/20080815a.html