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Diseases & Conditions (including Prevention. Diagnosis and Treatment options)

What to know about medical conditions

Googling can be hit or miss. Here's a better approach for learning about a medical condition.

Condition code, name and pronunciation

  • Each medical condition is assigned a disease classification (ICD) code
  • If you have a diagnosis, knowing the code for that diagnosis makes it easy to find the exact name of the condition using medical terminology
  • To hear how to pronounce a condition correctly, see Pronunciations at MerckManuals.com

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