British Pediatric Association Classification of Diseases

The British Pediatric Association Classification of Diseases is a system of diagnostic codes used for pediatrics.

An extension to ICD-9 was published in 1979.<ref>,

 British Paediatric Association Classification of Diseases, 
 Archives of Disease in Childhood, 
 
 Vol. 54(Issue: 10),
 
 DOI: 10.1136/adc.54.10.811-a,
 
 PMC: 1545670,</ref><ref name="AssociationOrganization1979">, 
  
 British Paediatric Association classification of diseases: successor to the Cardiff Diagnostic Classification : a paediatric supplement compatible with the ninth revision of the WHO international classification of diseases, 1977. online version, 
  
 The Association,</ref>

An extension to ICD-10 has also been published.<ref>,

 International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems: Instruction manual. online version, 
  
 World Health Organization, 
  
  
  
 ISBN 978-92-4-154653-9, 
  
  
  
 Pages: 8–,</ref>

It is the basis for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's six digit codes for reportable congenital conditions.<ref>

BIRTH DEFECTS AND GENETIC DISEASES BRANCH 6-DIGIT CODE : For Reportable Congenital Anomalies(link). {{{website}}}. Cdc.gov.

</ref> These are also known as the "CDC/BPA codes".<ref name="pmid12239749">,

 Appendix A: ICD-9 and CDC/BPA codes, 
 Teratology, 
 2002,
 Vol. 66 Suppl 1,
 pp. S218–9,
 DOI: 10.1002/tera.90015,
 PMID: 12239749,</ref><ref>

CDC - Birth Defects, Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program (MACDP) - NCBDDD(link). {{{website}}}.

</ref> This system is in turn is the basis for the Texas Disease Index.<ref>

Appendix 5.1 : Texas Disease Index(link). {{{website}}}. Nbdpn.org.

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