Lalonde A N, Taylor E
Canadian Institute for Health Information, Ottawa, Ont.
CMAJ. 1997 Dec 1;157(11):1561-5.
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.
在加拿大，使用不同的诊断和程序编码标准已被视为跨辖区收集和分析数据的主要障碍。在本文中，作者简要描述了加拿大医疗分类系统的现状和未来情况，并讨论了采用《国际疾病和相关健康问题统计分类》第十次修订本以及修订后的程序分类《加拿大健康干预分类》作为加拿大分类系统国家标准的一些潜在益处和影响。他们进一步描述了拟议的新分类系统的一些关键特征，并强调了加拿大卫生信息研究所为支持在未来几年内在加拿大实施这些标准而正在采取的一些行动。
