ICD

How it is used

Followed by a version number: ICD-10, ICD-11. ICD-11 came into effect in 2022, but many countries still use ICD-10 or a national version of it, such as ICD-10-CM in the US. ICD codes appear on claims, discharge summaries and death certificates.

Example sentences

1. Every diagnosis must have a valid ICD code before the claim can be sent.

2. Moving to ICD-11 will mean retraining all our coders.

Common collocations

• ICD code
• ICD-10
• ICD-11
• ICD coding

Related terms

• clinical codingThe process of turning the diagnoses and procedures in a patient's record into standard codes, which are used for payment, statistics and planning.
• DRGShort for diagnosis-related group: a category of hospital cases with similar diagnoses and procedures, used to pay hospitals a fixed amount per case.
• claimA formal request that a hospital or patient sends to an insurer or public payer, listing the care given and asking to be paid for it.
• discharge summaryA document written when a patient leaves hospital that summarises the diagnosis, treatment, medicines and follow-up plan, mainly for the patient's family doctor.

More terms: Billing and Coding

• billing
• claim denial
• accounts receivable