Intercod Interactive Learning System Education Committee Meeting May 2006 Cassia Maria Buchalla

Intercod ICD-10 interactive Interactive Learning System for the ICD-10 PanAmerican Health Organization Special Program for Health Analysis 2002 English, Spanish, French and Portuguese

Content A - Content of the Course B - Content x Core Curricula C - Advantages and Limitations

A- Content of the InterCod A self applied course on ICD-10 Menu Introduction – 3 sections basic course - 4 sections Coding – 3 sections Evaluation – 14 sections Assistant on the program Help

Introduction Background and importance of the ICD-10 ICD purpose and applicability ICD-10 design structure and contents of volume 1, volume 2 and volume 3

Basic Course Primary forms Recording causes of death Recording morbidity data Death certificate ( adobe acrobat file – copy of death certificates from many countries)

Coding Assigning codes to individual diagnostic terms use of volume 1 use of volume 3 Selection of the UC of death basic concepts of selection obtaining the originating antecedent cause

Coding Selection of the UC of death modification of the originating antecedent cause use of the notes in coding the cause of death notes for interpretation of diagnoses of the causes of death from malignant neoplasm [tumors]

Coding Selection of the main condition in Morbidity the selection process, basic concepts reselection of main condition use of the note in codifying morbidity

Evaluation ICD background, importance purpose and applicability Structure and contents of volume 1, 2 and 3 Basic source of data Use of volumes 1 and 3 Process for selecting the UC of death. Basic concepts

Evaluation Acquisition of the originating antecedent cause Modification rules Use of the notes in coding causes of death Use of the notes in malignant neoplasms Process for selecting the main condition Reselection of the main condition Use of the notes in coding morbidity

Assistant Anatomy explanation on the various systems Tabular list of categories and subcategories of ICD-10 Number of codes available and used on the ICD-10 PAHO/intercod web page in English and Spanish

Help Interface Contents Navigation Evaluation Anatomy

B- Intercod and the core curricula Basic medical science anatomy  physiology  pathology Medical terminology Prefixes Suffixes Synonymous

Intercod and the core curricula General uses of Underlying cause of death data Specific uses of the UC (uses of coded data for health situation and trends analysis, epidemiological and public health surveillance, health care evaluation )  Sources of mortality data (the role of different persons responsible for reporting data on the deceased and the sources of the data) The ICD How to code (include detailed instruction and practical experience on how to apply the coding rules) Quality assurance techniques – some as checking all data informed

C- Intercod - Advantages In 4 languages Short, clear and direct Easy to use Windows platform Spread in many countries (from Europe to the Americas)

C- Intercod - limitations Suppose people know how to use a computer and have a skill for self learning. The 2002 version not yet updated .