Consider the following scenarios
- within populations over time and
- between populations at the same point in time
Eg. Chapter IX: Diseases of the circulatory system
Eg. Chapter II: Neoplasm
Eg. Chapter XX: External causes of morbidity and mortality
Eg. Chapter XVIII: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
Disorders of thyroid gland
Diabetes mellitus
Other disorders of glucose regulation and pancreatic internal secretion
Disorders of other endocrine glands
Malnutrition
Other nutritional deficiencies
Obesity and other hyper alimentation and
Metabolic disorders
Eg.
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A15 is the code for tuberculosis (first character from A to Z, followed by 2 digits)
Eg
A15.1 (first character from A to Z, followed by 2 digits, then a decimal point and finally another digit)
This means
A15 is respiratory tuberculosis, bacteriologically and histologically confirmed
A15.0 is tuberculosis of the lung, confirmed by sputum microscopy with or without culture, and
A15.1 is tuberculosis of the lung, confirmed by culture only