title: [The 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases and its use in pathology practice].
abstract: Basic features of ICD-10 related to its word-figure structure and its distinction from ICD-9 are presented. Definitions of the initial cause of death designed for statistical records, some specifications of the antenatal, perinatal, neonatal and infantile mortality are included. The criteria of the stillborn and viviparous state are formulated. Information concerning the International Classification of Tumors is provided. New data in ICD-10 concerning the diseases with high lethality are considered.
authors.affiliation: Russian Academy of Postgradual Medical Training, Moscow.
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Avtandilov
mesh_terms: D004194:Disease / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000145:classification; D010336:Pathology
vernacular_title: Osobennosti X peresmotra mezhdunarodnoĭ klassifikatsii bolezneĭ i primeneniia ee v patologoanatomicheskoĭ praktike.