Where possible and compatible with these ends, the ICD-11 would also be congruent with other international disease classifications. The initial charge to the group was to compose a classification system that is (1) scientifically plausible and up to date (2) epidemiologically useful for monitoring disease incidence, prevalence, and mortality, and planning for the care and prevention of neurologic disorders (3) clinically useful especially in primary health care and (4) comprehensive.
In 2009 the WHO began the revision of ICD-10 Chapter on Diseases of the Nervous System, including the appointment of a Task Force Advisory Group (TAG) for Neurology, which was charged with assembling a comprehensive list of neurologic and neurosurgical disorders into one coding group or “block.” The Neurology TAG consists of representatives of the major international neurological subspecialty organizations, including the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), as well as neuroscientists and clinical neurologists from every continent and from low, middle, and high income countries. They are translated into the WHO’s “official” languages: English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian, and Arabic, and 36 other languages (, accessed January 22, 2012). In addition, the codes have been adopted by many health care insurers for the documentation of care and services, and by hospitals and other health care organizations for data management and reimbursement purposes. Information generated by the ICD codes is summarized in WHO’s annual World Health Report, and is a major source of health data used by ministries of health, health care planners, nongovernmental organizations, and others involved in allocation of resources for health care, training programs, and organization of care ( World Health Organization, 2011).
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Major users of the codes include health officers, nurses, physicians, and professional coders. Today the ICD codes are the main epidemiologic instrument used by many countries for gathering national health statistics for internal use, and for reporting annual morbidity and mortality data to WHO.
Although an internationally accepted diagnostic coding system was first devised in the mid-nineteenth century, it was in 1948 that the newly formed WHO was charged with keeping the system up to date and maintaining its credibility and usefulness for its member states. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes are written and promulgated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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