The Advantages and Limitations of International Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death from Aspect of Existing Health Care System of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kurbasic, Izeta; Pandza, Haris; Masic, Izet; Huseinagic, Senad; Tandir, Salih; Alicajic, Fredi; Toromanovic, Selim

The most obvious innovation in the classification is that the structure of the codes has changed from numeric to alphanumeric. This allows for considerable expansion of the number of categories and sub-categories in ICD-10 and future revisions. There are approximately 12,700 codes in ICD-10, of which about 8,000 are valid as an underlying cause of death, a considerable increase from approximately 5,000 valid codes for underlying cause of death in ICD-9. The new chapters are created for the diseases of eye and diseases of ear and mastoid processes. The earlier additional classifications of the external causes and factors, which influenced on the health care condition and contact with health care service (E and V list, former additional classification of the Tenth revision), is now a part of the main classification. Enhancements in the code structure create the possibility for analysis of more subtle distinctions in outcomes.