Novelties in the ongoing 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases

Abstract

The development of the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases has been underway since 2007. The World Health Organisation, its coordinator, currently schedules the completion to 2017. The novel classification system has a similar high-level structure than the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, while the entities are significantly more detailed and contain more parameters. The development process aims at the harmonisation of the 11th revision definitions with the codes of other information technology systems, potentially allowing the statistical use of far more clinical information than at present. Meanwhile, this complex development process is confronted at several difficulties. The developers are awaiting the comments of all professionals concerning the Beta-version of the system, available on the Internet. Orv. Hetil., 2014, 155(39), 1535–1537.