| icd_meta_transition {ICD10gm} | R Documentation |
data.frame detailling the changes in ICD-10-GM codes between versions
Description
A data.frame providing old and new ICD codes (identical if no changes) and information as to whether the transition is automatic when transitioning forwards or backwards
Usage
icd_meta_transition
Format
An object of class data.frame with 257310 rows and 12 columns.
Details
- year_from
Year of validity of the old code (from 2004)
- year_to
Year of validity of the new code (from 2005)
- icd_from
Old ICD code
- icd_to
New ICD code
- automatic_forward
Whether the transition is automatic in the forward direction (i.e. the old code can always be converted to the new code). (A: automatic, otherwise NA)
- automatic_backward
Whether the transition is automatic in the forward direction (i.e. the new code can always be converted to the old code) (A: automatic, otherwise NA)
- change_5
Whether the change relates to the fifth digit of the ICD-10 code (TRUE/FALSE).
- change_4
Whether the change relates to the fourth digit of the ICD-10 code (TRUE/FALSE).
- change_3
Whether the change relates to the three-digit ICD-10 code (TRUE/FALSE).
- icd3
The first three digits of
icd_from.- icd_chapter
The first character of
icd_from(i.e. the letter denoting the chapter).
Source
The source data was downloaded from the official download centre of the German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI). See also https://www.dimdi.de/dynamic/en/classifications/icd/icd-10-gm/tabular-list/#crosswalks
See Also
Other ICD-10-GM metadata:
icd_meta_blocks,
icd_meta_chapters,
icd_meta_codes