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by X-member » Sun 23 Dec 2018 13:18
World Health Organization (WHO) removes Congenital Lyme Borreliosis from ICD-11 codes.
https://www.lymehope.ca/news-and-update ... d-11-codes
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Regardless of whether these allegations are true, the code for Congenital Lyme Borreliosis appears to have been inappropriately removed from the WHO ICD-11 platform despite being declared stable as of June 2018.
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by X-member » Wed 26 Dec 2018 17:35
But the following extention codes can
still be found in ICD-11.
ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics (December 2018)
https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/ht ... /472249438
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Pattern, Activity, or Clinical Status
XT3B Asymptomatic
XT1T Subclinical
XT98 Active
XT7X Episodic
XT5G Intermittent
XT6Z Persistent
XT4M Prodromal
XT44 Recurrent
XT4D Relapse
XT9C Cause of late effect