Within the field of health there are various barriers such as the fact that each patient is unique and different from the others. For the same reason, it becomes difficult to be able to serve everyone equally. Given this situation, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Its objective is to standardize the medical service throughout the planet. In addition, it is also based on the most recent scientific evidence to update the indications periodically, such as the video game addiction.
It is a document that all health professionals should know. It contains recommendations about care for a large number of pathologies. With this it is also a protection resource against possible legal demands. Acting in accordance with international guidelines is your best defense.
For its part, the WHO published a newsletter in which he points out that the ICD-11 provides a common language that allows health professionals to share standardized information throughout the world. This new version contains 17,000 unique codes and over 120,000 codable terms and is now fully digital and here you can download it.
It also mentions that all Member States must use the most current version to record and report mortality and morbidity statistics both nationally and internationally.
What’s new in ICD-11
- 35 countries are using ICD-11.
- Currently implemented uses of ICD-11 include causes of death, primary care, cancer registry, patient safety, dermatology, pain documentation, allergology, reimbursement, clinical documentation clinical documentation, data dictionaries for WHO guidelines* , digital documentation of COVID-19 vaccination status and test results, and much more.
- The French language is now available along with Arabic, Chinese, English and Spanish. Russian and 20 more languages are in progress.
- Integration in DHIS2.
- Coding terminology with the Coding Tool and API.
- Rare disease coding.
- Support for perinatal and maternal coding.
- 900 proposals have been processed based on input from early adopters, translators, scientists, clinicians, and partners.
- Grade and stage coding for cancers.
- Clinical descriptions and diagnostic requirements for mental health.
**WHO SMART guidelines include antenatal care, family planning, sexually transmitted diseases, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, HIV, immunizations, Child Health in Emergencies.
ICD-11 was specifically designed for the following use cases
- Certification and notification of causes of death
- Morbidity coding and reporting, including primary care
- Grouping of cases and diagnoses
- Evaluation and monitoring of the safety, efficacy and quality of health care
- cancer registries
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Research and conduct of clinical trials and epidemiological studies
- Performance Evaluation
- Codification of traditional medicine conditions
- Interoperability standard in the WHO digital guidelines and for digital documentation of COVID-19
- Certificates
- clinical documentation
Main characteristics of the ICD-11
- The eleventh revision contains some 17,000 unique codes and over 120,000 codable terms and is now completely digital.
- Smart Coding Algorithm: Now interprets over 1.6 million terms.
- State-of-the-art encoding tool: Easily encode all the details.
- Digital Reference Guide.
- ICD-11 Download Area: Includes spreadsheets, pdf version, allocation tables, updates, list of codes not to be used alone, and more.
- Integrated multilingual API.
- Multilingual browser and coding tool.
- offline functionality.
- Local deployment options for CIE-API: Docker, Windows or Linux service.
- Technical Content Model Reference Guide to define and explain the content model used for the Family of Classifications (ICD-11, CIIS and ICF).