New in ICD-11 2022
35 countries are using ICD-11.
Current implemented uses of ICD-11 include causes of death,primary care, cancer registration, patient safety, dermatology, pain documentation, allergology, reimbursement, clinical documentation, data dictionaries for WHO guidelines*, digital documentation of COVID-19 vaccination status and test results, and more.
French language is now available alongside Arabic, Chinese, English, & Spanish. Russian and 20 more languages are underway.
Integration in DHIS2.
Terminology coding with the coding tool and API.
Rare diseases coding.
Support for perinatal and maternal coding.
900 proposals were 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.
ICD-11 was specifically designed for the following use cases:
Certification and reporting of causes of death
Morbidity coding and reporting including primary care
Casemix and Diagnosis-Related Grouping (DRG)
Assessing and monitoring the safety, efficacy, and quality of care
Cancer registries
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Researching and performing clinical trials and epidemiological studies
Assessing functioning
Coding traditional medicine conditions
Interoperability standard in WHO Digital Guidelines and for Digital Documentation of COVID-19 Certificates (DDCC)
Clinical documentation