This dimension separates medical conditions into communicable and non-communicable disease. Wikipedia notes that "diseases can also be classified in other ways, such as communicable versus non-communicable diseases." Browsing this way keeps conditions that spread between people apart from those that do not.
Facts
Comparison
ICD-10 Chapter Number ICD-10 Code Range Communicable or Non-communicable
Sources
1. ICD-10 (Wikipedia)
ICD-10 chapter table, Chapter III, chapter number
III | D50-D89 | "Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism"
ICD-10 chapter table, Chapter III, code range
III | D50-D89 | "Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism"
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