Rare Disease CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder Granted WHO Disease Classification

Rare Disease CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder Granted WHO Disease Classification

Rare Disease CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder Granted WHO Disease Classification

The rare genetic disease CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder (CDD) has been designated with a new disease code in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), the medical classification list from the World Health Organization (WHO). The CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder diagnostic code will be incorporated in the October 1, 2020 classification revision. The medical classification, currently in its tenth revision (ICD-10), uses a list of alphanumeric codes to document a person’s medical condition. For ...