title: [The implementation of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) in Germany. Tools and information on the internet].
abstract: ICD-10 is to be implemented for morbidity coding in Germany soon. The electronic versions of ICD-10 are introduced. For everyday work with the classification and for epidemiological research further tools are provided by DIMDI:ICD-10 meta files, ICD conversion tables, ICD-10 thesaurus of diagnostic terms. All files are available free of charge via the INTERNET.
authors.affiliation: Deutsches Institut für Medizinische Dokumentation und Information, Köln. schopen@dimdi.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schopen
mesh_terms: D004194:Disease / Q000145:classification*; D005858:Germany; D020407:Internet