1. Intercod Interactive Learning System
Education Committee Meeting
May 2006
Cassia Maria Buchalla

2. Intercod ICD-10 interactive
Interactive Learning System for the ICD-10
PanAmerican Health Organization
Special Program for Health Analysis
2002
English, Spanish, French and Portuguese

3. Content A - Content of the Course B - Content x Core Curricula
C - Advantages and Limitations

4. A- Content of the InterCod A self applied course on ICD-10
Menu
Introduction – 3 sections
basic course - 4 sections
Coding – 3 sections
Evaluation – 14 sections
Assistant on the program
Help

5. Introduction Background and importance of the ICD-10
ICD purpose and applicability
ICD-10 design
structure and contents of volume 1,
volume 2 and
volume 3

6. Basic Course Primary forms Recording causes of death
Recording morbidity data
Death certificate ( adobe acrobat file – copy of death certificates from many countries)

7. Coding Assigning codes to individual diagnostic terms
use of volume 1
use of volume 3
Selection of the UC of death
basic concepts of selection
obtaining the originating antecedent cause

8. Coding Selection of the UC of death
modification of the originating antecedent cause
use of the notes in coding the cause of death
notes for interpretation of diagnoses of the causes of death from malignant neoplasm [tumors]

9. Coding Selection of the main condition in Morbidity
the selection process, basic concepts
reselection of main condition
use of the note in codifying morbidity

10. Evaluation ICD background, importance purpose and applicability
Structure and contents of volume 1, 2 and 3
Basic source of data
Use of volumes 1 and 3
Process for selecting the UC of death. Basic concepts

11. Evaluation Acquisition of the originating antecedent cause
Modification rules
Use of the notes in coding causes of death
Use of the notes in malignant neoplasms
Process for selecting the main condition
Reselection of the main condition
Use of the notes in coding morbidity

12. Assistant
Anatomy
explanation on the various systems
Tabular list of categories and subcategories of ICD-10
Number of codes available and used on the ICD-10
PAHO/intercod web page in English and Spanish

13. Help
Interface
Contents
Navigation
Evaluation
Anatomy

14. B- Intercod and the core curricula
Basic medical science
anatomy
 physiology
 pathology
Medical terminology
Prefixes
Suffixes
Synonymous

15. Intercod and the core curricula
General uses of Underlying cause of death data
Specific uses of the UC (uses of coded data for health situation and trends analysis, epidemiological and public health surveillance, health care evaluation )
 Sources of mortality data (the role of different persons responsible for reporting data on the deceased and the sources of the data)
The ICD
How to code (include detailed instruction and practical experience on how to apply the coding rules)
Quality assurance techniques – some as checking all data informed

16. C- Intercod - Advantages
In 4 languages
Short, clear and direct
Easy to use
Windows platform
Spread in many countries (from Europe to the Americas)

17. C- Intercod - limitations
Suppose people know how to use a computer and have a skill for self learning.
The 2002 version not yet updated .