[Codification of psychosocial diagnoses].
Psychosocial pathology accounts for a significant proportion of pediatric practice. Its registry, however, is usually scanty or erratic. The purpose of this update was to collect and define psychosocial diagnoses within the ICM-9-CM coding system in order to aid pediatric practice and to offer interpretations of diagnoses, which would aid their coding.
Allué Martínez
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Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario de Tarragona Juan XXIII, Tarragona, Spain. xallue@hjxxiii.scs.es
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology