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Video: WHO Publishes New International Classification Of Diseases
2023 Author: Abraham Higgins | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-30 04:59
WHO publishes new International Classification of Diseases
The new classification will include gambling disorder (gambling addiction), and gender inconsistency will cease to be a disease. The WHO working group says it is proud of the new document, which is more practical and modern.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new international classification of diseases (ICD-11). It contains about 55,000 unique codes for injuries, illnesses and causes of death. This classification forms a common language for doctors around the world.
“The ICD is a particular source of pride for WHO. It enables us to better understand the causes of disease and death, and to take action to prevent suffering and save lives,”says Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.
ICD-11 has been developed for over ten years. Its updated version contains significant improvements over the previous versions. For the first time, it is presented entirely in electronic form and has a much more convenient format. Many healthcare professionals participated in its development and presented their proposals at conferences. Overall, the ICD team at WHO headquarters received more than 10,000 proposals to revise certain provisions.
ICD-11 will be presented at the World Health Assembly in May 2019 for adoption by WHO Member States and will enter into force on 1 January 2022. This version is being published for preview, which should allow participating countries to plan their use, prepare translations and train health professionals across the country.
ICD is also used by insurance companies, since the amount of compensation depends on its codes. In addition, the ICD is used by national health program managers; data collectors; and professionals who track progress in global health and determine the allocation of resources for the health system.
The new version (ICD-11) also reflects progress in medicine and scientific advances. For example, codes for antimicrobial resistance are more consistent with the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS).
ICD-11 will also help to better collect data on health safety, which means that it is possible to identify and reduce the influence of some factors influencing health conditions, such as the potentially hazardous types of hospital work.
The new ICD also includes new chapters on traditional medicine: although millions of people around the world use traditional medicine, it has not yet been classified under this system. Another new chapter - on sexual health - brings together disorders that were previously classified in other ways (for example, gender mismatch was previously considered a mental disorder) or were described in a different way. Added gambling disorder to Addictive Disorders section.
“The key principle in the revision of the codes was to simplify the coding structure and electronic tooling to make it easier for healthcare professionals to register disorders,” said Dr. Robert Jakob, Team Leader, Terminology and Classification Standards, WHO.
Dr Lubna Alansari, WHO Assistant Director-General for Health System Measurement, says the ICD is the cornerstone of health information, and the ICD-11 will provide an updated understanding of disease.
