WHO: Revision of ICD-11 β questions and answers (Q&A)
TLDRThe International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a global health standard for recording and reporting health data, used by 110 countries for 60% of the world's population. ICD-11, its latest version, is built on an electronic infrastructure for easier updates and user support. It includes new sections on traditional medicine and antimicrobial resistance, with an improved coding interface and a translation platform. Updates are planned at regular intervals, with minor changes yearly, medium impact updates every five years, and major changes every ten years. The early release of ICD-11 allows countries to prepare for its implementation, including training and potential legislative changes.
Takeaways
- π The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a global health information standard for recording various health-related data.
- π ICD is part of a family of international classifications and is implemented in about 110 countries, covering 60% of the world's population.
- π ICD facilitates the monitoring of health, allocation of resources, planning of health services, and patient safety events.
- π° Approximately 70% of global health resources are allocated based on ICD coded data.
- π ICD helps standardize disease diagnosis, enabling research to compile data from different sources and improve disease understanding and treatment.
- π» ICD-11 is built on an electronic infrastructure, offering increased user support and a fully transparent, publicly accessible process.
- πΏ ICD-11 includes a section on traditional medicine and has improved code ability for conditions like HIV and a new structure for antimicrobial resistance.
- π± The electronic infrastructure of ICD-11 simplifies the coding interface, making training easier and providing an online/off-line software interface (API) for integration with other software.
- π ICD-11 introduces a translation platform, allowing for more consistent translations across languages.
- π ICD-11 is designed for regular updates, with minor updatesεΉ΄εΊ¦, moderate updates every five years, and major updates every ten years.
- π οΈ Implementation of ICD-11 requires planning, staff training, IT system adaptation, and potentially legislative changes, with a three-year lag time before countries start implementing.
Q & A
What is the purpose of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)?
-The ICD is an international health information standard used for recording diseases, injuries, external causes of illness and death, patient safety events, primary care, traditional medicine, and many other components relevant for reporting and recording the health of a population.
How many countries have implemented the ICD and what percentage of the world's population does this represent?
-The ICD has been implemented in about 110 countries, which account for 60% of the world's population.
What are some of the core classifications included in the family of international classifications besides the ICD?
-Besides the ICD, the family of international classifications includes classifications on functioning, disability and health, and a classification on health interventions.
What is special about the ICD-11 version compared to its predecessors?
-ICD-11 is built on an electronic infrastructure, has increased user support, and has been designed and maintained through a fully transparent, publicly accessible process. It includes a section on traditional medicine, improved code ability for HIV, a new structure for antimicrobial resistance, and has a simplified coding interface for easier training.
How does the electronic infrastructure of ICD-11 enhance its functionality?
-The electronic infrastructure of ICD-11 allows for a simplified coding interface, making training easier, and introduces a computer or software interface that can be used online or offline, enabling connection to various software through a web services-based application programming interface.
What is the significance of the translation platform in ICD-11?
-The translation platform in ICD-11 is the first of its kind in the history of the ICD, allowing any translation to take advantage of the same features as the English version, thus ensuring consistency and accessibility across languages.
How often are updates to ICD-11 expected to occur?
-Updates to ICD-11 can occur on an annual basis for minor improvements and user guidance, every five years for updates with slight statistical impact, and every ten years for major updates that significantly affect statistics.
What preparations are required by countries for the implementation of ICD-11?
-Implementation requires accurate planning, assessment of changes needed in systems, training of staff, adaptation of IT systems, and possibly changes to legislation. It is a process that takes time and requires understanding of the classification and preparation for translations.
Why is the early release of ICD-11 beneficial for countries?
-The early release allows countries to prepare for implementation, understand the classification, and get ready for adoption, which is particularly helpful for low and middle-income countries that may find implementation easier due to less complex health information systems.
What will be the focus of work between the release of the script and May 2019?
-The focus will be on improving user guidance, refining additional axes of the classification, and establishing an updating process to handle incoming proposals, all while maintaining a stable coding structure for future users and countries to prepare for implementation.
When will the summary report of the updates to ICD-11 be submitted and processed?
-The summary report will be submitted to the Executive Board of WHO in January 2019 and then processed by the World Health Assembly in May 2019.
Outlines
π Introduction to ICD and its Global Impact
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a global health standard for recording diseases, injuries, and other health-related data. It encompasses a wide range of components, including patient safety events and traditional medicine, and is part of a larger family of international classifications. ICD is implemented in approximately 110 countries, representing 60% of the world's population, and is instrumental in monitoring health, allocating resources, and planning health services. It also plays a crucial role in standardizing disease diagnosis, facilitating research, and improving the understanding and treatment of diseases.
π Updates and Innovations in ICD-11
ICD-11 introduces significant changes from its predecessors, being built on an electronic infrastructure that enhances user support and transparency. The new version includes updates on traditional medicine, HIV coding improvements, and a new structure for antimicrobial resistance. It simplifies the coding interface through an open proposal mechanism, making training easier. ICD-11 also introduces an online/off-line software interface and a translation platform, allowing for more accessible and consistent global health data.
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Keywords
π‘International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
π‘Healthcare Resources Allocation
π‘Electronic Infrastructure
π‘Traditional Medicine
π‘Antimicrobial Resistance
π‘Updating Process
π‘Implementation
π‘World Health Organization (WHO)
π‘Patient Safety Events
π‘Derived and Related Classifications
π‘Open Proposal Mechanism
Highlights
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is an international health information standard for recording diseases, injuries, and other health-related data.
ICD is part of a family of international classifications, including classifications on functioning, disability, and health interventions.
ICD has been implemented in about 110 countries, accounting for 60% of the world's population.
70% of the world's health resources are allocated based on ICD coded data.
ICD facilitates the standardization of disease diagnosis, enabling research to compile data from different sources.
ICD-11 is built on an electronic infrastructure, offering increased user support and a fully transparent, publicly accessible process.
ICD-11 includes a section on traditional medicine and has improved code ability for HIV and a new structure for antimicrobial resistance.
ICD-11's electronic infrastructure simplifies the coding interface, making training easier than in the past.
The new ICD version features an open proposal mechanism, allowing easier access compared to previous versions.
ICD-11 has a computer or software interface that can be used online or offline, enabling integration with various software systems.
For the first time, ICD has a translation platform, allowing any translation to take advantage of the same features as the English version.
ICD-11 is designed to be updated at regular intervals, potentially offering a longer shelf life than previous versions.
Updates to ICD-11 can be done annually for minor changes, every five years for slight impact updates, and every ten years for major updates.
ICD-11 was released a year ahead of the assembly to allow countries time to prepare for implementation.
Implementation of ICD-11 requires planning, staff training, IT system adaptation, and possibly legislative changes.
There is typically a three-year lag time before a country can start implementing the new ICD version.
Low and middle-income countries may find implementation easier due to less complex health information systems.
Between now and May 2019, work will continue to improve user guidance and additional axes of the classification.
An updating process is in place to handle proposals and prepare a summary report for the World Health Assembly in May 2019.
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