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To support the free and open dissemination of research findings and information on alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. To encourage open access to peer-reviewed articles free for all to view.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Public consultation on proposed revision to ISD's list of ICD10 codes used for reporting alcohol-related hospital discharges.


ISD generated National Statistics on alcohol-related discharges from acute and psychiatric hospitals are based on a cluster of diagnostic codes from the The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD10), a coding of diseases and signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or diseases, as classified by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Alcohol-related hospital discharges are the basis of a national indicator/target: to reduce alcohol-related hospital admissions by 2011.

For the purpose of producing statistics on alcohol-related discharges ISD uses a list of ICD10 codes (for a full description of these codes see WHO) to extract records from relevant databases. This list has been undergoing an internal ISD review over the past year. Some changes to the list have been suggested, and are being assessed by a team of substance misuse professionals across Scotland. All briefing notes and background documents will be made available here for a period of 12 weeks. This is in accordance with the Public Consultation protocols described in the National Statistics Code of Practice [PDF 400KB]. All comments will be welcome.
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