PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A. N. Lalonde
AU  - E. Taylor
TI  - Medical classification systems in Canada: moving toward the year 2000
DP  - 1997 Dec 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1561--1565
VI  - 157
IP  - 11
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/157/11/1561.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/157/11/1561.full
SO  - CMAJ1997 Dec 01; 157
AB  - The use of different standards for coding diagnoses and procedures has been identified as a major obstacle to the collection and analysis of data across the various jurisdictions in Canada. In this article the authors briefly describe the current and future situation of medical classification systems in Canada and discuss some of the potential benefits and implications of adopting the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems and a revised procedure classification, the Canadian Classification of Health Interventions, as national standards for classification systems in Canada. They further describe some of the key features of the proposed new classification systems and highlight some of the actions being taken by the Canadian Institute for Health Information to support implementation of these standards in Canada over the next few years.