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This page is about the pre-ICD10 diagnosis coding schema. See the ICD10 Diagnosis List, or the following for similar diagnoses in ICD10:AIDS (disease due to HIV)

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Category/Organ System:	Category: Infection (old)
Type:	Medical Problem
Main Diagnosis:	AIDS
Sub Diagnosis:	AIDS
Diagnosis Code:	8700
Comorbid Diagnosis:	YES
Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10):	6
Program:	CC & Med
Status:	Currently Collected

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Discussion

I would like to comment that putting AIDS diagnostic code in the category of infection is inappropriate. I had difficulty finding it as I was looking under immunological problems in "other medical" which would be the expected place to find this. It is almost as bad as putting mastectomy under GI/GU OR which is where it is. Would anyone think to find it there?? I think our codes should be reorganized under their appropriate category. I even made a list of these inappropriately categorized codes about a year ago. Would it be too difficult to do this??--LKolesar 09:46, 14 January 2010 (CST)
- We are working on moving toward ICD-10 with our diagnoses altogether, and that system implies an internationally accepted categorization. I don't know if there is much sense spending energy on re-categorizing dxs at this time. Also, you guys have a good knowledge of idiosyncrasies of our system at this time; even if a new categorization were arguably better, you'd still have to learn it. Ttenbergen 16:09, 15 January 2010 (CST)