The interoperability between the Spanish version of the International Classification of Diseases and ORPHAcodes: towards better identification of rare diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rare diseases present a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and severity levels and are often poorly known and underrepresented, making them difficult to classify. Diagnoses are usually coded using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), with its different versions. In Spain, the ICD-10-ES (stem from the ICD-10-CM-Clinical Modification) is used throughout the National Healthcare System since 2016, indistinctively including rare diseases that often lack a specific code. Orphanet aims to provide high-quality resources on rare diseases. The goal was to interrelate the Orphanet classification with the ICD-10-ES in order to engage a tool to track rare diseases diagnosis and characterize the improvement space for the identification of rare diseases patients in

SUBMITTER: Rico J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7941896 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature