ICD10 Codes for Serious Illness

Identifying the seriously ill population is integral to improving the value of health care. Efforts to identify this population using existing data are anchored to a list of severe medical conditions (SMCs) using diagnostic codes. We translated SMCs from ICD-9 to ICD-10 using a refined code list.

If you use this resource, please cite the following manuscript: 

Kelley AS, Ferreira KB, Bollens-Lund E, Mather H, Hanson LC and Ritchie CS. “Identifying older adults with serious illness: Transitioning from ICD-9 to ICD-10.” Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2019; 57(6):1137-1142. PMID:30876955.