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10 maj 2022 · The principle of a cause of death and an underlying cause of death can be applied uniformly by using the medical certification form recommended by the World Health Assembly.
The cause-of-death section consists of two parts. Part I is for reporting a chain of events leading directly to death, with the immediate cause of death (the final disease, injury, or complication directly causing death) on Line a and the underlying cause of death (the disease or injury that initiated the chain of morbid events that led ...
The book reproduces the international form of medical certificate for cause of death, followed by an explanation of the procedures to be adopted in its completion. The book also lists the major causes of death, followed by diagnostic details required for the purpose of statistical analysis.
25 mar 2022 · A medical certificate of cause of death ( MCCD) enables the deceased’s family to register the death. This provides a permanent legal record of the fact of death and enables the family...
A properly completed cause-of-death certificate provides a description of the order, type and association of events that have resulted in the death. The diagnoses reported on the certificate are coded with the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition.
The medical certificate of cause of death form should be completed following the recommendations described in the WHO International Classification of Diseases (ICD), irrespective of the ICD revision the country is currently using.
13 maj 2024 · The international form of medical certificate of cause of death and additional details
