The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare has published the 2018 version of diagnosis codes classification (ICD-10-SE)

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Apr 2018

On the 16th of April, 2018, the new classification of diagnosis codes (ICD-10-SE) was released by the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen). It is updated annually and typically published in three parts.

Seventeen new diagnosis codes were added in 2018: 

  • Pneumocystosis (B48.5)
  • Idiopathic hypersomnia with long amount of sleep time (G41.1A)
  • Idiopathic hypersomnia with small amount of sleep time (G47.1B)
  • Other specified hypersomnia (including secondary hypersomnia) (G47.1W)
  • Hypersomnia, unspecified (G47.1X)
  • Narcolepsy type 1 (narcolepsy with cataplexy and/or pathologically low hypocretin value) (G47.4A)
  • Narcolepsy type 2 (narcolepsy without cataplexy and with non-pathological or non-measured hypocretin value) (G47.4B)
  • Other specified narcolepsy and cataplexy (including secondary narcolepsy) (G47.4W)
  • Narcolepsy and cataplexy, unspecified (G47.4X)
  • Kleine–Levin syndrome (G47.8A)
  • Parasomnias (G47.8B)
  • Sleep disorders (G47.8C)
  • Other specific disturbance of sleep (G47.8W)
  • Encephalopathy in disease classified elsewhere (G94.3*)
  • Third degree perineal laceration during delivery (internal anal sphincter injuries only) (O72.F)
  • Pulseless electrical activity, not classified elsewhere (R00.3)
  • Latent tuberculosis (Z22.7)

Full diagnosis classification, list of changes and other relevant documents in Swedish are available in here:

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