Classifications in routine use: lessons from ICD-9 and ICPM in surgical practice.
Classifications of diagnoses and procedures are very important for the economical as well as the quality assessment of surgical departments. They should reflect the morbidity of the patients treated and the work done. The authors investigated the fulfillment of these requirements by ICD-9 (International Classification of Diseases: 9th Revision) and OPS-301, a German adaptation of the ICPM (International Classification of Procedures in Medicine), in clinical practice.
Author(s): Stausberg, J, Lang, H, Obertacke, U, Rauhut, F
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2001.0080092