# Configure your ICD question
URL: https://docs.awellhealth.com/docs/design-care-flows/configure-your-icd-question

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.awellhealth.com/llms.txt).



An **ICD question** collects a medical condition using ICD-10, the tenth revision of the International
Classification of Diseases and the common language for recording and reporting diseases. Use it instead
of a free-text field wherever the condition has to be comparable or analyzable.

## Awell stores both the code and the name [#awell-stores-both-the-code-and-the-name]

Every condition has a code and a human-readable name, and Awell stores both. "Common cold" is:

* **ICD code:** `J00`
* **Name:** Acute nasopharyngitis \[common cold]

## Both values are available as variables [#both-values-are-available-as-variables]

Either can be printed in a message or a clinical note:

* **Print answer label** gives the condition's name, for text a human reads.
* **Print answer value** gives the ICD code, for a system that expects the code.

See [Use variables in actions](/docs/design-care-flows/use-variables-in-your-actions).

## Conditional logic matches on the code, not the name [#conditional-logic-matches-on-the-code-not-the-name]

Conditions reference the **ICD code** of the selected disease, so a patient can be routed on their
diagnosis. Match on the code rather than the name: the code is stable and the display name is not.

## Next steps [#next-steps]

**Next:** [Add conditions to questions](/docs/design-care-flows/add-conditions-to-your-questions).