WHO Said ICD-11 is Coming Soon
June 26th, 2018 - Chris Woolstenhulme, QCC, CMCS, CPC, CMRS
Sooner or later ICD-11 will be released, and it sounds like it will be sooner than later. WHO released the news on June 18, 2018. The World Health Organization stated “ICD-11 will be presented at the World Health Assembly in May 2019 for adoption by Member States, and will come into effect on 1 January 2022. This release is an advance preview that will allow countries to plan how to use the new version, prepare translations, and train health professionals all over the country.”
Dr Lubna Alansari, WHO’s Assistant Director-General for Health Metrics and Measurement, says: “ICD is a cornerstone of health information and ICD-11 will deliver an up-to-date view of the patterns of disease.”
There will be some changes such as there will be no alpha “I” like we are used to seeing in ICD-10 for cardiology and the letter “O” will no longer be used for obstetrics codes.
Take a look at a few examples of what we will see with ICD-11.
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NC32.50
Fracture of lower end of radius, dorsal tilt
Colles fracture
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NC32.51
Fracture of lower end of radius, volar tilt
Smith fracture
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FB80.7 Malunion of fracture
All ancestors up to top
Postcoordination
Add detail to Malunion of fracture
Laterality (use additional code, if desired)
- XK9J Bilateral
- XK8G Left
- XK9K Right
- XK70 Unilateral, unspecified
- XK6G Unspecified laterality
Specific anatomy (use additional code, if desired)
According to ICD-10 Monitor the code for Type 1 DM with diabetic retinopathy will look like this:
| 6A10 Type 1 diabetes mellitus |
MG45 Diabetic retinopathy |
Final code: 6A10/MG45 |
Chapters used with ICD-11 - Mortality and Morbidity Statistics will have several changes such as the addition of several new chapters. There will be a chapter for Supplemental Extension codes used to identify more detail, history, injury, staging.
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
02 Neoplasms
03 Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs
04 Diseases of the immune system
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
06 Mental, behavioral or neurodevelopmental disorders
07 Sleep-wake disorders
08 Diseases of the nervous system
09 Diseases of the visual system
10 Diseases of the ear or mastoid process
11 Diseases of the circulatory system
12 Diseases of the respiratory system
13 Diseases of the digestive system
14 Diseases of the skin
15 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system or connective tissue
16 Diseases of the genitourinary system
17 Conditions related to sexual health
18 Pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium
19 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
20 Developmental anomalies
21 Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified
22 Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes
23 External causes of morbidity or mortality
24 Factors influencing health status or contact with health services
25 Codes for special purposes
26 Traditional Medicine conditions - Module I
V Supplementary section for functioning assessment
X Extension Codes
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