Time to Get Off the Diagnosis Dime Onto the 10th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases
Authors: Scott Manaker
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2015)

Ideas and Opinions6 October 2015Time to Get Off the Diagnosis Dime Onto the 10th Revision of the International Classification of DiseasesScott Manaker, MD, PhDScott Manaker, MD, PhDFrom the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M15-1773 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Physicians passionately care about making the right diagnosis for their patients. The right diagnosis leads to the proper advice and treatment. Diagnostic concordance among physicians allows for care coordination, patient aggregation into study groups for clinical trials, and assessments of population health. So development of a standardized nomenclature for diagnoses represents an essential step along the way. 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[PMID: 23795388] MedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M15-1773.Corresponding Author: Scott Manaker, MD, PhD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Medicine, 100 Centrex Building, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283; e-mail, scott.[email protected]upenn.edu.Author Contributions: Conception and design: S. Manaker.Drafting of the article: S. Manaker.Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: S. Manaker.Final approval of the article: S. Manaker.Administrative, technical, or logistic support: S. Manaker.This article was published online first at www.annals.org on 8 September 2015. 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