This dimension names the medical specialty most responsible for treating a given condition. Wikipedia notes that "the deadliest diseases in humans are ischemic heart disease (blood flow obstruction), followed by stroke and COPD (a lung disease)," each treated by its own specific branch of medicine. Browsing this way collects every condition treated mainly by the same specialty.
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ICD-10 Chapter Number ICD-10 Code Range Treated By
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1. ICD-10 (Wikipedia)
ICD-10 chapter table, Chapter XVIII, chapter number
XVIII | R00-R99 | "Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified"
ICD-10 chapter table, Chapter XVIII, code range
XVIII | R00-R99 | "Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified"
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