What are the ICD Codes for Mesothelioma?

The system known as an ICD-Code began in the 1850s as the International List of Causes of Death. When the World Health Organization was created in 1948, it adopted responsibility for the code, publishing its sixth edition while adding causes of morbidity to the list. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, normally shortened to simply ICD, is a list of diseases classified by signs, symptoms, and causes. This system allows any health condition to be classified with a code of up to six digits. Having an international standardized coding system for diseases gives doctors or statisticians a resource for more accurate analysis of population health, the incidence and prevalence of various diseases, as well as the storage and retrieval of vital medical information.