[Implementation of the ICD-ICF model in rehabilitation medicine: presentation of a clinical case in rehabilitation cardiology]

This patient entered a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program after coronary artery bypass graft. Concomitant diseases and the degree of disability have been coded according to International Classification of Functioning (ICF). Rehabilitation multidisciplinary program has been started (physician, nurses, physiotherapist and nutritionist); atrial fibrillation, anaemia, pleural effusion, surgical wounds inflammation were treated. Educational program allowed a better knowledge of the diseases the patient is bearing; low functional capability diagnosed at admittance improved thanks to the coordinated intervention of professionals involved. Coding diseases and disabilities at admission ensured a detailed identification of patient's issues and allowed the identification and the proposal for a targeted rehabilitation program.
The improvement of medical ICF codes b280, b810 and b820, of physiotherapeutic codes b235, d450, d4551 and d455 and of nursing codes b280, b810 and b820 depends on the marked reduction of disability level (Figure 1).