Canadian Coding Standards ICD-10 CA. These standards are a compilation of international rules of coding as established by the World Health Organization (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Volume 2) and the Diagnosis Typing Standard developed to denote case complexity for application in Canadian facilities.
\nFor example:
\nL40 Psoriasis
\nL40.0 Psoriasis vulgaris
\nL40.1 Generalized pustular psoriasis
\nL40.2 Acrodermatitis continua
\nL40.3 Pustulosis palmaris et plantaris
\nL40.4 Guttate psoriasis
\nL40.5* Arthropathic psoriasis (M07.0-M07.3*)(M09.0*)
\nL40.8 Other psoriasis
\nL40.9 Psoriasis unspecified
\nThey are maintained by CIHI (Canadian Institute for Health Information).
\nCIHI Toronto
\nAttn: Director of Standards
\n90 Eglinton Avenue, Suite 300
\nToronto, Ontario
\nCanada
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\nPhone: (416) 481.2002
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\nwww.cihi.ca
\nThis code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/icd10-CA defines many codes, but they are not represented here