The ICD blocks (German: "Gruppen") constitute a level in the heirarchy between the chapters and the three-digit categories. Sequential codes are grouped to form 240 groups that represent similar aetiological diagnoses. Unlike other grouper systems, the ICD blocks do not consider similar diagnoses from different chapters of the ICD classification, for example chronic pain as a unspecific symptom (R52.1) and as a somatoform disorder (F45.4).
icd_meta_blocks
An object of class data.frame
with 3831 rows and 6 columns.
The source data was downloaded from the official download centre of the German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI). See also https://www.dimdi.de/dynamic/en/classifications/icd/icd-10-gm/tabular-list/structure/
Year of validity (from 2004)
First three-digit ICD code in the block
Last three-digit ICD code in the block
ICD-10 chapter to which the block belongs
Label for the block
Short label for the block in format "A00-A09"