Question

Question to answer: What is the difference between a diagnosis and classification?

Who gives each one?

Where is each one used?

How is each one used?

Can a child have the same diagnosis/classification?

Can a child have one and not the other (a diagnosis and NOT a classification or vice versa?)

Answer 1

Answer: Diagnosis is a kind of test which is used to identify the diseases and types of disease. Diagnosis includes many procedures and test which identifies the pathogen or the cause of the disease. Whereas classification of disease is on the basis of types, pathogen involved. The classification helps to treat the patient accordingly.

Diagnosis is performed by technicians, radiologist etc. Whereas classification of disease is done by the scientist and the researchers. Diagnosis is used to identify the presence of any kind of disease. Classification criteria involves different studies of group of people having particular disease or symptoms.

It is possible that the child can have same diagnosis and the classification as both are the different aspects of determining the disease and illness.