ICD Codes in EMR

A good Indian EMR clinical software should support ICD code format to support disease registration.ICD also termed as ICD-10 stands for International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.The 10 in that means the 10th revision.

It is a coding system developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) so that providers can easily communicate with each other. ICD brings in standardization between different providers of same and different geographical location. Reporting to insurance provider is also streamlined.