The Korean Standard Classfication of Diseases and Causes of Death is used to classify diseases and other health problems recorded on many types of health and vital records includung death certificates and health records. In addition to enabling the storage and retrieval of diagnostic information for clinical, epidemiological and quality purposes, these records also provide the basis for the compilation of mortality and morbidity statistics.
The KCD was developed For the compilation of health statistics and international comparison and based on the International Statistical Classification of Diseases.
The current 8th version was revised in July, 2020 and came into effect from January, 2021.
Major (Chapters) |
Sub-major (Blocks of categories) |
Minor (Three-character categories) |
Detailed (Four-character categories) |
Sub-detailed (Fifth-character categories) |
Sub-sub-detailed (Sixth-character categories) |
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Total | 267 | 2,085 | 12,503 | 6,139 | 572 |
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases(A00-B99) | 21 | 170 | 752 | 123 | - |
Neoplasms(C00-D48) | 18 | 137 | 755 | 154 | - |
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism(D50-D89) | 6 | 34 | 158 | - | - |
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases(E00-E90) | 8 | 73 | 342 | 184 | - |
Mental and behavioural disorders(F00-F99) | 11 | 78 | 389 | 24 | - |
Diseases of the nervous system(G00-G99) | 11 | 68 | 324 | 48 | - |
Diseases of the eye and adnexa(H00-H59) | 11 | 47 | 260 | 222 | 24 |
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95) | 4 | 24 | 113 | 62 | 12 |
Diseases of the circulatory system(I00-I99) | 10 | 76 | 379 | 93 | 12 |
Diseases of the respiratory system(J00-J99) | 10 | 64 | 218 | 82 | - |
Diseases of the digestive system(K00-K93) | 10 | 72 | 437 | 319 | 8 |
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue(L00-L99) | 8 | 72 | 334 | 53 | - |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue(M00-M99) | 15 | 79 | 554 | 3,280 | 230 |
Diseases of the genitourinary system(N00-N99) | 11 | 82 | 428 | 23 | 6 |
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99) | 8 | 76 | 425 | 89 | - |
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period(P00-P96) | 10 | 59 | 330 | 33 | - |
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities(Q00-Q99) | 11 | 87 | 618 | 17 | - |
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, NEC(R00-R99) | 13 | 91 | 324 | 15 | - |
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes(S00-T98) | 23 | 196 | 1,268 | 758 | 280 |
External causes of morbidity and mortality(V01-Y98) | 35 | 373 | 3,286 | 480 | - |
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services(Z00-Z99) | 7 | 84 | 629 | 74 | - |
Codes for special purposes(U00-U99) | 6 | 43 | 180 | 6 | - |