Specific National Code for PWS Expected to Facilitate Research, Improve Patient Care

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) has been given its own unique code by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), which will make it easier to track accurate data on medical care and clinical outcomes of people with the disease. The NCHS is responsible for assigning different diseases with ICD-10…

ICD-10 Codes, ‘Really Important’ to Rare Disease Patients, Soon Up for Fresh Consideration

G71.01 is, literally, the code for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.  Q93.51 stands for Angelman syndrome, and G40.419 covers generalized and treatment-resistant epilepsies, which groups like Orphanet and the American Epilepsy Society define as including Dravet syndrome. All three designations are among some 70,000 diseases listed in the latest…