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After the United Nations was established,
the World Health Organization became the organization
responsible for publishing disease codes. The International
Statistical Classification of Disease and Related Health
Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), is the most recent
edition in a series that began in 1893. It forms the
basis for the International Classification of Diseases
for Oncology, 3rd edition (ICD-0-3),and the worldwide
standard of cancer
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diagnosis coding system. This was fully revised in ICD-10 and
the topology codes are distinctly different from the earlier
editions. ICD-10 can be purchased on diskette complete with
a file for use in coding software.
The ICD-10 disease codes for cancer are primarily topographical,
though special codes that combine topographic and morphologic
characteristics of some cancers were added as the series evolved.
The ICD-0 manuals provide registries with topography codes,
from the ICD disease code tradition, and morphology codes
developed from codes originally published by the American
Cancer Society.
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