title: Use of the International Classification of Diseases in the analysis of dental absenteeism.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the use of disease and injury classification codes in workplace absences requests due to dental causes.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study analyzed 240 requests in a federal public agency between January 2008 and December 2009. The use of the International Classification of Diseases - 10th Revision (ICD-10) was compared to the Application of the International Classification of Diseases to Dentistry and Stomatology (ICD-DA). The degree of specificity was determined for the codifications on workplace justifications, as well as for codifications assigned by official dental experts in indirect inspections and expert examinations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the total number of dental certificates, 22.9% did not present the ICD, 7.1% used ICD-9, 3.3% used ICD-DA and 66.7% used ICD-10. The majority of codifications were concordant (55.1%), and greater specificity was found in codifications assigned after evaluation by official dental experts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results indicate the need to improve use of ICD-10 among dentists and official dental experts .For analysis of work absenteeism, it is suggested the use of ICD-DA and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, which provide relevant data for monitoring absenteeism due to dental reasons.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Odontológicas, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. giseletogna@usp.br
authors.forename: Gisele dos Reis Della
authors.initials: Gdos R
authors.lastname: Togna
authors.forename: Edgard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Crosato
authors.forename: Rodolfo Francisco Haltenhoff
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Melani
authors.forename: Edgard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Michel-Crosato
authors.forename: Maria Gabriela Haye
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Biazevic
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*