Intercod Interactive Learning System

Education Committee MeetingMay 2006Cassia Maria Buchalla

Intercod ICD-10 interactive

Interactive Learning System for the ICD-10PanAmerican Health OrganizationSpecial Program for Health Analysis 2002English, Spanish, French and Portuguese

Content

A - Content of the CourseB - Content x Core CurriculaC - Advantages and Limitations

A- Content of the InterCodA self applied course on ICD-10MenuIntroduction 3 sectionsbasic course - 4 sectionsCoding 3 sectionsEvaluation 14 sectionsAssistant on the program Help

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

Basic CoursePrimary formsRecording causes of deathRecording morbidity dataDeath certificate ( adobe acrobat file copy of death certificates from many countries)

CodingAssigning codes to individual diagnostic terms use of volume 1use of volume 3Selection of the UC of deathbasic concepts of selectionobtaining the originating antecedent cause

Coding

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

CodingSelection of the main condition in Morbiditythe selection process, basic conceptsreselection of main conditionuse of the note in codifying morbidity

EvaluationICD background, importance purpose and applicabilityStructure and contents of volume 1, 2 and 3Basic source of dataUse of volumes 1 and 3Process for selecting the UC of death. Basic concepts

EvaluationAcquisition of the originating antecedent causeModification rulesUse of the notes in coding causes of death Use of the notes in malignant neoplasmsProcess for selecting the main conditionReselection of the main condition Use of the notes in coding morbidity

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

HelpInterfaceContentsNavigationEvaluationAnatomy

B- Intercod and the core curricula Basic medical science anatomy physiology pathologyMedical terminologyPrefixesSuffixesSynonymous

Intercod and the core curriculaGeneral 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 ICDHow 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 - AdvantagesIn 4 languagesShort, clear and direct Easy to useWindows platformSpread 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 .