It was nearly ten years ago on October 1, 2015, when ICD-10 replaced ICD-9 in the United States.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed and copyrighted the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). The tenth version (ICD-10) was used to serve as the foundation for identifying statistics and health trends worldwide, while the eleventh version (ICD-11) is completely restructured to take advantage of today’s digital era, not only incorporating clinical content, but also the latest knowledge in digital computing, user interface and modern technology.
Why is the ICD important?
The ICD is important because it provides a common language for monitoring, recording and reporting diseases, disorders and health conditions. This enables the world to share and compare consistent and standardized data.
WHAT’S NEW IN ICD-11 (AS OF 2022)
- There are already 35 countries using ICD-11, with many more in implementation phase.
- ICD-11 is available in English, Spanish, French, Chinese and Arabic. There are 20 more languages in progress including Russian.
- Support for maternal and perinatal coding.
- Coding for stage and grade of cancers.
- Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Requirements for mental health.
- Coding of rare diseases.
- There were 900 proposals submitted and processed based on input from clinicians, scientists, translators and early adopters.
ICD-11 HIGHLIGHTS
- Legally mandated health data standard (WHO Constitution and Nomenclature Regulations).
- Contains up-to-date scientific knowledge.
- In effect from January 2022.
- It contains conceptual framework independent of language and culture.
- It includes Integration of terminology and classification.
- Available end-to-end digital solution (application programming interface/API, tools, online and offline).
- Comparable statistics and semantic interoperability – for 150 years.
- Accessible to everybody.
- It is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO license.
- For the first time, it enables the counting of traditional medicine services and encounters.
- The 11th revision is more extensive and has greater implications for what can be done with the ICD, and how, than any revision since the 6th, released in 1948.
KEY FEATURES OF ICD-11
- The eleventh revision (ICD-11) contains around 17,000 unique codes and more than 120,000 codable terms.
- It is now entirely digital.
- Smart coding algorithm: Now interprets more than 1.6 million terms.
- State of the art coding tool: Easily codes all detail.
- Digital reference guide.
- The available ICD-11 download includes spreadsheets, PDF version, mapping tables, updates, list of codes that should not be used alone and more.
- Multilingual browser and coding tool.
- Offline functionality.
- Local deployment options for ICD-API (application programming interface): Docker, Windows or Linux service.
- Technical content model reference guide to define and explain the content model used for the WHO Family of Classifications (ICD-11, International Classification of Health Interventions/ICHI and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health/ICF).
- Available implementation package to facilitate the transition from outdated ICD-10 to ICD-11.
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