A round up of updates on ICD-11

August 6, 2020 by

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1. Next release of the ICD-11 MMS (the blue “Version for preparing implementation” platform)

It was anticipated that the ICD-11 Blue platform would continue to be updated annually to incorporate all the changes approved and implemented in the Orange Maintenance platform since the last update was released.

There has been no new release of the Blue platform since April 2019.

So, for example, the exclusions for 8E49 PVFS; BME; and CFS under 6C20 Bodily distress disorder, which were approved and implemented in the Orange Maintenance platform in January, this year, don’t yet display under the exclusions list for 6C20 Bodily distress disorder in the Blue platform.

A couple of weeks ago, I contacted the WHO’s Dr John Grove to enquire when the next update of the Blue platform was anticipated to be published.

I also asked when the Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines (CDDG) for ICD-11 Mental, Behavioural and Neurodevelopmental Disorders is expected to be finalised and released.

Yesterday, I received a response from the WHO’s Dr Robert Jakob who advised that the 2020 release of the ICD-11 Blue platform will be posted in a few weeks.

 

2. Proposal for deprecation of the prefix “Benign” from “Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis”

In February, I submitted a new proposal for removal of the prefix “Benign” from “Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis” citing, inter alia, the precedent of the removal of the “Benign” prefix for the final update of ICD-10 (Version: 2019).

My proposal and rationale can be read here in PDF format.

There remain hundreds of proposals waiting to be reviewed in the ICD-11 Proposal Mechanism and my proposal has not yet been processed. I am hoping it will be reviewed and accepted in time for inclusion in the ICD-11 MMS 2020 release.

 

3. Finalisation and publication of the CDDG

The Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines (CDDG) for ICD-11 Mental, Behavioural and Neurodevelopmental Disorders has been developed by the WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse. It is the equivalent of the ICD-10 “Blue Book”.

The descriptive texts in Chapter 06: Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders in the core version of ICD-11 are intended for use by coders and clerical workers as a basis for statistical reporting.

The CDDG provides expanded clinical descriptions, essential (required) features, boundaries with other disorders and normality, differential diagnoses, additional features, culture-related features and codes for all mental and behavioural disorders commonly encountered in clinical psychiatry and is intended for use by mental health professionals and for general clinical, educational and service use.

The draft texts for the CDDG have not been accessible to public stakeholders for review and comment, though clinicians have been able to register to review the draft and provide feedback throughout its development, via the Global Clinical Practice Network platform.

Last year, the WHO stated that the CDDG would be published “as soon as possible” after the May 2019 adoption of ICD-11 at the 72nd World Health Assembly.

I was advised, yesterday, by Dr Jakob, that the CDDG is still being amended based on feedback from the field and that the mental health team hasn’t provided a clear deadline [for its finalisation and release].

 

4. Publication of the ICD-11 PHC

There is no indication when the WHO expects to finalise and release the ICD-11 PHC — a clinical guideline written in simpler language to assist non-mental health specialists, especially primary care practitioners and non medically trained health workers and also intended for use in low resource settings and low- to middle-income countries, with the diagnosis and management of common mental disorders.

The ICD-11 PHC is proposed to comprise 27 mental disorders and contains no general medical diseases. Like the ICD-10 PHC (1996), this revised diagnostic and management guideline will not be mandatory for use by member states.

For the mandatory core ICD-11 classification, the WHO has gone forward with Bodily distress disorder (BDD), which is conceptually similar to DSM-5’s Somatic symptom disorder (SSD).

But for the ICD-11 PHC, a disorder category called “Bodily Stress Syndrome (BSS)” that has been adapted from the Fink et al (2010) Bodily distress syndrome (BDS) is proposed to be included to replace ICD-10 PHC’s F45 Unexplained somatic complaints and F48 Neurasthenia categories.

See Comparison of SSD, BDD, BDS, BSS in classification systems, July 2018.

Under exclusions and differential diagnoses for BSS, certain psychiatric and general medical diagnoses have to be excluded but CFS, ME; IBS; and FM appear not to be specified as exclusions.

For more information on the ICD-11 PHC see this post: Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines (CDDG) for ICD‐11 Mental, Behavioural and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Slide presentation: MUS becomes Bodily Stress Syndrome in the ICD-11 for primary care, Marianne Rosendal

The ICD-11 PHC has not been developed on a publicly accessible platform and the draft texts for the 27 mental disorders proposed to be included are not available for public stakeholder review and comment.

The “Bodily Stress Syndrome (BSS)” category, its proposed text and proposed criteria need stakeholder scrutiny.

If ICD-11 PHC goes forward with its proposed BSS category, there will be all these diagnostic constructs and criteria sets in play:

Somatic symptom disorder (DSM-5; under BDD Synonyms list in the core ICD-11)
Bodily distress disorder (core ICD-11; SNOMED CT)
Bodily Stress Syndrome (ICD-11 PHC guideline for 27 mental disorders)
Bodily distress syndrome (Fink et al 2010, operationalized in Denmark and beyond)

plus the existing ICD-10 and SNOMED CT Somatoform disorders categories and their equivalents in ICPC-2.

 

5. A revised version of my report “Update on classification and coding of PVFS, ME and CFS for ICD-11” (v4 August 2020) is available to download

The PDF can be downloaded here.

Thumbnail pages 1 and 4:

 

6. The ICD-11 codes are now frozen

On February 10, 2020, the WHO stated on the Proposals platform: “The ICD-11 codes are now frozen. Proposed changes to the classification that would result in a code change are not permitted.”

Changes that would not disrupt the structure of the code hierarchies, for example, additions to the Index, addition or deletion of Synonym terms or Exclusion terms, edits to category Description texts or correction of typos are permissible.

But proposals for major changes such as relocating an existing Concept Title to a different chapter (which would necessitate a code change) or moving a term under a different “primary parent” code within its current chapter could not be considered.

For further information on ICD-11 update schedules and what classes of changes are permitted see:

ICD-11 Reference Guide sections 3.8.1 to 2.8.7: 3.8 Annex: ICD-11 Updating and Maintenance

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Update on NHS Digital’s request for addition of SEID to SNOMED CT terminology system

August 1, 2020 by

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Update on NHS Digital’s request for addition of Systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID) to SNOMED CT terminology system

In February 2015, a panel convened by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), now the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), published a report on ME, CFS called “Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness.”[1]

The panel undertook an evidence review and formulated recommendations which had included proposals for new diagnostic criteria and the suggestion of the name “Systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID)”, as part of a number of recommendations put forward for review and consideration by the Report’s sponsor agencies.

Five years on:

  • The CDC has not adopted the term “Systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID)”. In preference, the CDC uses “ME/CFS” on its website clinical information pages and for its Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities.
  • The NCHS-CDC have not added the SEID term to ICD-10-CM, an adaptation of the WHO’s ICD-10, that is mandatory in the US for assigning diagnostic codes for medical billing and reimbursement.
  • The SEID term has not been added to the final update of the WHO’s international edition of ICD-10 (Version: 2019).
  • The SEID term has not been added to the SNOMED CT US Edition by its managers, the National Library of Medicine (NML), either as a new Concept code, or as a Synonym or Child term.
  • The IOM panel’s Report formed part of the literature review for the revision of the ICD-10 G93.3 legacy categories. The WHO and the ICD-11 CSAC and MSAC committees have not included the SEID term in ICD-11.
  • The IOM panel’s suggested case definition has not been subject to field testing by, or on behalf of the CDC. Several studies published since the Report’s release concluded that the proposed SEID case definition lacks reliability and specificity; discussed the unintended consequences of not specifying exclusionary illnesses; and noted the lack of acceptability to patients of the proposed case definition and proposed SEID nomenclature.

A couple of minutes on Google demonstrates that some websites providing clinical information to physicians, healthcare professionals and patients are referring to “Systemic exertion intolerance disease” as though the term had been tested, evaluated and adopted by US federal agencies — when this is not the case.

In the March 2020 issue of the ME Global Chronicle, I reported on a request submitted by NHS Digital in November 2019 for addition of the “Systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID)” term to the SNOMED CT terminology system.

SNOMED CT is used in over 30 countries and is the recommended terminology system in the UK, US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia [2].

For NHS England, SNOMED CT UK Edition is the mandatory terminology system across all primary and secondary healthcare settings. The system is used by clinicians in electronic medical records (EMRs), at the point of care, to record findings, symptoms, diagnoses, interventions, procedures etc.

The UK Edition of SNOMED CT terminology system is managed by NHS Digital [3].

Authorized users can register to submit requests for changes or additions to the terminology system via an NHS Digital submission portal. Requests that meet criteria for potential addition to the SNOMED CT International Edition are referred on for consideration by SNOMED International’s terminology specialists.

Submission #30104 (November 30, 2019) requested addition of the term “Systemic exertion  intolerance disease” as a Synonym under the existing SNOMED CT Concept: 52702003 Chronic fatigue syndrome [4].

The request appeared to originate from within the NHS (or other authorized SNOMED CT user) as no other class of stakeholder is referenced as the original requester.

The rationale text in support of request #30104 can be read on the NHS Digital Request Submission Portal, here: http://bit.ly/39Pz4vy

After drawing attention to this request on Twitter, I was contacted in March by a senior member of SNOMED International’s team.

I was advised that request #30104 had been submitted for consideration for addition to the SNOMED CT International Edition; that the request had already been processed and pending any further changes, would be implemented in the International Edition’s July release.

(Note: If the term “Systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID)” was approved for addition to the July 2020 International Edition, the term would then be absorbed into the various national editions when they released their next updates.)

As the IOM panel’s proposed case definition and suggested term have not undergone field testing and evaluation; as the SEID term has not been adopted by US federal agencies; and as NCHS-CDC has made no decision to assign a code for SEID in the US ICD-10-CM for medical billing and reimbursement, it would be premature to approve a request for addition to the SNOMED CT International Edition.

These concerns for the potential addition of an untested, unadopted term to the SNOMED CT system were passed back to SNOMED International’s terminology specialists for their consideration.

In early June, I was informed that the terminology team had reviewed the information provided and concluded that adding “Systemic exertion intolerance disease” as a synonym is premature; that approval of this request had been retracted and SEID would not be included in the July release.

This was further confirmed on a SNOMED CT internal production page (see last entry under heading: “Concepts to be removed completely from the Alpha release content”): https://bit.ly/2Xed60V

The July 2020 release of the International Edition was published on July 31: https://bit.ly/39HA1a2

I can confirm that the two Synonyms terms that had been added under 52702003 Chronic fatigue syndrome for the Alpha production release:

● 3902795018 – SEID – systemic exertion intolerance disease
● 3902796017 – Systemic exertion intolerance disease

have been removed for the finalised July 2020 release*.

*In the event of a request for a change or addition to SNOMED CT not being accepted there is a formal appeals process and the submitter may request a further review of the decision. SNOMED International has confirmed that NHS Digital has not appealed against the decision not to add SEID to the finalised July 2020 release.

An abridged version of this post can be downloaded in PDF format here: https://bit.ly/2XeeS2e

References:

1 Committee on the Diagnostic Criteria for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Board on the Health of Select Populations; Institute of Medicine. Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); Feb 2015. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25695122

2 SNOMED CT International Edition browser and browsers for 14 national editions: https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/

3 NHS Digital SNOMED CT browser: http://bit.ly/38OqL1R

4 NHS Digital SNOMED CT Submission Portal: Request 30104:
https://isd.hscic.gov.uk/rsp-snomed/user/guest/request/view.jsf?request_id=30104

About SNOMED CT:

Clinical classifications like ICD-10 and the SNOMED CT terminology system are complementary and serve different purposes. ICD-10 is used after the event by clinicians and coders and focuses on diagnostic coding and data recording for statistical and epidemiological analysis, reimbursement and  resource allocation.

SNOMED CT is used by clinicians in electronic medical records (EMRs), at the point of care, to record findings, symptoms, diagnoses, interventions, procedures etc.

Each clinical concept or phrase is assigned a unique SCTID code to provide a standardised, machine readable terminology for recording and sharing clinical information across multiple health care settings. SCTID codes are mapped to ICD-10 and to ICPC-2e codes for interoperability.

SNOMED CT is considered to be the most comprehensive, multilingual healthcare terminology in the world. It is used in over 30 countries and is the recommended terminology system in the UK, US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

SNOMED CT International Edition releases two updates a year. A number of countries maintain national editions which automatically incorporate the updated content from the core SNOMED CT International releases but may also include country specific terminology. The national editions release twice yearly updates on a staggered schedule and their current content may not reflect the changes and additions to the most recent release of the International Edition.

SNOMED CT does not regulate which concepts should or should not be used in clinical records, but makes concepts available in response to requests from stakeholders and in accordance with its editorial and content development principles [1].

Since April 2018, SNOMED CT UK Edition [2] has been the mandatory terminology system for use in NHS primary care, replacing the Read Code (CTV3) terminology system which is now retired. SNOMED CT UK Edition was scheduled for adoption across all clinical, secondary care and mental health settings from April 2020.

Browsers for the SNOMED CT International Edition and the national editions for Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, US and a number of other countries can be accessed here:

SNOMED International SNOMED CT Browser: http://browser.ihtsdotools.org/

1 SNOMED CT International Release Content Development:
https://confluence.ihtsdotools.org/display/DOCSTART/9.+Content+Development

2 The SNOMED CT UK Edition is managed by NHS Digital, as the designated UK National Release Centre. A public browser can be accessed here: https://termbrowser.nhs.uk/

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WHO retires “Benign” from “Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis” for final ICD-10 release

February 20, 2020 by

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In my report for the December edition of the ME Global Chronicle, I set out how the G93.3 terms:

Postviral fatigue syndrome

Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis

Chronic fatigue syndrome

are classified in the World Health Organization’s international version of ICD-10 and how these terms have been classified for ICD-11.

I have an update on ICD-10 and it’s good news!

In January, the WHO released ICD-10 Version: 2019. With ICD-11 on the horizon, this release will be the final update for the WHO’s international version of ICD-10, apart from corrections and exceptional additions.

In March 2016, a representative from the Canadian Institute for Health Information submitted a request and supporting rationale to the ICD-10 Update and Revision Committee (URC) for removal of the prefix “Benign” from “Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis”.

This request for a change was approved by the URC in September 2016 for implementation in the next release. 

For ICD-10 Version: 2019, the G93.3 Tabular List inclusion term is now Myalgic encephalomyelitis.

(The term, “Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis” has been retained as an Index term.)

 

View the revised listing for the G93.3 codes on the ICD-10 Browser, here: https://icd.who.int/browse10/2019/en#/G93.3 or in the screenshot, below.

Note that for ICD-10, Chronic fatigue syndrome is not included in the Tabular List but is included in Volume 3: Index, where it is coded to the G93.3 Postviral fatigue syndrome concept title term.

For ICD-11, the WHO has retained Postviral fatigue syndrome as the concept title term in Chapter 08: Diseases of the nervous system under parent: Other disorders of the nervous system. The new code for ICD-11 is: 8E49.

Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis and Chronic fatigue syndrome are both specified as inclusion terms under Postviral fatigue syndrome in ICD-11’s equivalent to the Tabular List and take the 8E49 code. A number of historical and alternative terms are retained as index terms and all 14 index terms are coded to 8E49.

 

This is how the G93.3 terms are classified for ICD-10 Version: 2019:

Image 1: ICD-10 Browser Version: 2019, Accessed February 20, 2020: https://icd.who.int/browse10/2019/en#/G93.3

Image location: https://dxrevisionwatch.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/meicd1019.png

 

The WHO expects Member States to be using the most recent release of ICD-10. But countries will implement the ICD-10 Version: 2019 release according to their own schedules. 

NHS England and ICD-10:

NHS England currently uses ICD-10 Version: 2016. I have contacted NHS Digital’s classifications lead to establish whether NHS Digital intends to implement Version: 2019 or may be considering skipping the new release in preference to implementing ICD-11, at some point in the future.

If there is no mechanism for incorporating selected changes in a new release into earlier versions, NHS England might not be able to absorb this change into the version it is using.

 

Will this change be absorbed automatically for ICD-11?

This revision for the final release of ICD-10 sets a precedent for the national modifications of ICD-10, for example, the U.S. ICD-10-CM and Canadian ICD-10-CA, but also for ICD-11. 

Proposals submitted in March 2017 by Chapman & Dimmock, and by the IACFS/ME for removing “Benign” from “Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis” were rejected by the WHO in early 2019.

In February, I submitted a new proposal for removal of the “Benign” prefix for ICD-11 citing the URC’s 2016 decision and the implementation of that decision for the final release of ICD-10.

You can read a copy of my new proposal and rationale here: http://bit.ly/BenignICD11

I have updated the PDF included in my report in the December edition of the ME Global Chronicle to reflect this change:

Download the PDF of my updated report here:

Update on the classification of PVFS, ME and CFS for ICD-11 Report One | November 2019 | v3 18/02/20

 

An edited version of this report is scheduled for publication in the March edition of the ME Global Chronicle.

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WHO approves exclusions for PVFS, ME and CFS under ICD-11’s Bodily distress disorder

February 19, 2020 by

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An edited version of this report is scheduled for publication in the March edition of the ME Global Chronicle.

For ICD-11, most of the ICD-10 F45 Somatoform disorders categories and F48.0 Neurasthenia have been replaced by a single new category called “Bodily distress disorder” (BDD). 

Although this sounds like it might be very similar to Per Fink’s Bodily distress syndrome (BDS), ICD-11’s BDD is conceptually closely aligned with the DSM-5’s Somatic symptom disorder (SSD).

For ICD-11, Somatic symptom disorder is listed under Synonyms under BDD but is not coded as an inclusion term.

Both the WHO and Prof Fink have clarified that as defined for ICD-11, BDD is a conceptually different disorder construct — ICD-11’s BDD and Fink’s BDS are differently defined and characterised, have very different criteria and are inclusive of different patient sets.

For ICD-11, the BDD diagnosis requires both the presence of one or more chronic, distressing bodily symptoms (which can be “medically unexplained” or caused or exacerbated by a general medical condition) and “excessive attention” or “disproportionate or maladaptive” thoughts, feelings or behavioural responses to these symptoms. BDD can capture a percentage of patients with ME, CFS or other general medical diseases or conditions — if the clinician considers the patient also meets the disorder description for application of an additional mental disorder diagnosis of BDD. 

In contrast, Fink’s BDS disorder construct requires physical “symptom patterns” or “clusters” from one or more body systems; the symptoms must be “medically unexplained” and there is no requirement for emotional or behavioural responses to meet the criteria. If the symptoms can be better explained by a general medical disease, they cannot be labelled “BDS”. But crucially, Fink’s BDS is inclusive of ME, CFS, IBS and FM and subsumes these under a single, unifying diagnosis.

The terms “bodily distress disorder” and “bodily distress syndrome” have been used synonymously since 2007. Not surprisingly, researchers, academics and practitioners are already confusing and conflating ICD-11’s new “Bodily distress disorder” with Fink’s “Bodily distress syndrome”.

Although BDD can potentially be applied to patients with chronic, distressing symptoms associated with any general medical disease or condition, patients with a diagnosis of ME or CFS (or who are waiting for a diagnosis) may be particularly vulnerable to misdiagnosis with BDD or misapplication of an additional BDD mental disorder diagnosis, as a “bolt-on” to their existing diagnosis. 

Exclusions for the 8E49 terms under MG22 Fatigue and a reciprocal exclusion for MG22 Fatigue under 8E49 Postviral fatigue syndrome were secured by April 2019.

However, the need for adding exclusions for PVFS, ME and CFS under ICD-11’s BDD to mitigate the risk of misdiagnosis or misapplication had not been acknowledged or accepted by the WHO.

In my report in the December edition of the ME Global Chronicle, I mentioned that the proposals submitted by Chapman & Dimmock (March 2017) and by Lily Chu MD on behalf of IACFS/ME (March 2017) for exclusions for the three 8E49 terms under 6C20 Bodily distress disorder and for exclusion of 6C20 Bodily distress disorder under the 8E49 Postviral fatigue syndrome concept title had been rejected. 

In December 2019, I submitted a new proposal for exclusions for the three 8E49 terms under 6C20 Bodily distress disorder, supported by a new rationale text. 

I am very pleased to inform you that in January the WHO approved and implemented my proposal.

You can view the addition of the three exclusions under ICD-11’s Bodily distress disorder here: https://icd.who.int/dev11/l-m/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/767044268

Image 1: ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics (Maintenance Platform), Accessed February 18, 2019:

 

I have updated the PDF of my report in the December edition to reflect the addition of exclusions.

Download my updated report here: http://bit.ly/ICD11Update 

 

The WHO Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines (CDDG) for ICD‐11 Mental, Behavioural and Neurodevelopmental Disorders:

For ICD-11, the WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse has developed the “Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines (CDDG) for ICD‐11 Mental, Behavioural and Neurodevelopmental Disorders” (an equivalent publication to ICD-10’s “Blue Book”).

The CDDG provides expanded clinical descriptions, essential (required) features, boundaries with other disorders and normality, differential diagnoses, additional features, culture-related features and codes for all mental and behavioural disorders commonly encountered in clinical psychiatry. This companion publication is intended for mental health professionals and for general clinical, educational and service use.

The WHO has said it planned to release the CDDG “as soon as possible” after WHA’s adoption of ICD-11. But it remains unclear whether the CDDG has been finalised or if it will be released later this year or next year.

See this post Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines (CDDG) for ICD‐11 Mental, Behavioural and Neurodevelopmental Disorders for more information.

Whilst clinicians have been able to register to review and provide feedback on the drafts, no draft texts for the CDDG have been made available for public stakeholder scrutiny and comment and I have not had access, for example, to the most recent draft for the full clinical descriptions and diagnostic guidelines for ICD-11’s Bodily distress disorder.

 

Additional resources:

Comparison of SSD, BDD, BDS, BSS in classification systems, Chapman & Dimmock, July 2018

Comparison of Classification and Terminology Systems, Chapman & Dimmock, July 2018

Post: World Health Assembly adopts ICD-11: When will member states start using the new edition? June 17, 2019

Post: Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines (CDDG) for ICD‐11 Mental, Behavioural and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, June 28, 2019

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Draft Resolution for recommendation of adoption and endorsement of ICD-11 at May 2019 World Health Assembly

May 2, 2019 by

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An update on World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board and World Health Assembly (WHA) business:

The 144th Session (EB144) of the World Health Organization Executive Board took place in Geneva between 24 January — 1 February 2019.

Executive Board 144th Session website

“The Executive Board is composed of 34 individuals technically qualified in the field of health, each one designated by a Member State elected to do so by the World Health Assembly. Member States are elected for three-year terms.

“The Board meets at least twice a year; the main meeting is normally in January, with a second shorter meeting in May, immediately after the Health Assembly. The main functions of the Executive Board are to give effect to the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, to advise it and generally to facilitate its work.”

These January Executive Board meetings generate a considerable number of documents. Documentation is available from this page EB144 Meeting Documents.

Key document for Recommendation for Adoption of ICD-11 at WHA72:

World Health Organization, EXECUTIVE BOARD 144th Session

Provisional agenda item 5.9

EB144/22 12 December 2018

Eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases

Report by the Director-General

On p10 (Item 53), the Executive Board was invited to consider a draft resolution.

Below is the document containing the text of the draft resolution with proposed amendments from Member States inserted in bold text:

World Health Organization, EXECUTIVE BOARD 144th Session

Agenda item 5.9

EB144/CONF./9 31 January 2019

Eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases

Draft resolution proposed by the Secretariat with amendments from Member States

World Health Assembly

The 72nd World Health Assembly takes place this month, in Geneva, from 20 — 28 May 2019.

“The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. The main functions of the World Health Assembly are to determine the policies of the Organization, appoint the Director-General, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget. The Health Assembly is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland.”

72nd World Health Assembly (WHA72)

Documentation page for WHA72

Two key documents for Recommendation for Adoption of ICD-11 at WHA72:

WHO SEVENTY-SECOND WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

Provisional agenda item 12.7 

A72/29 4 April 2019

Eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases

Report by the Director-General

Extract:

“1. The Executive Board at its 144th session considered an earlier version of this report,¹ containing a draft resolution.² The Board noted the report but agreed to suspend consideration of the draft resolution so that informal consultations could be held during the intersessional period prior to the Seventy-second World Health Assembly. A separate report will be submitted to provide details of the outcome of the consultations.³”

1 Document EB144/22.
2 See the summary records of the Executive Board at its 144th session, eleventh meeting and twelfth meeting, section 1.
3 Document A72/29 Add.1.

and the revised Draft Resolution on ICD-11:

Provisional agenda item 12.7 

A72/29 Add.111 April 2019

Extract:

“1. In line with the course of action agreed by the Executive Board at its 144th session in January 2019,¹ the Secretariat convened informal consultations during the intersessional period in respect of a draft resolution on the eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases. The consultations took place in Geneva on 22 February, 7 March and 21 March 2019. The three sessions enabled the draft resolution to be revised.”

1 Document A72/29.

Should any additional documents relating to the presentation of ICD-11 for recommendation for adoption be posted on the WHA72 documents page I will update this post.

The most recent release of the ICD-11 MMS version for preparation for implementation, Coding tool, Reference Guide and additional materials can be viewed here:

ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics (Version : 04 / 2019)

If adopted, endorsement would not come into effect until 1 January 2022.

 

Information session on ICD-11 slides

Document EB144/22 (Report by the Director-General) included a link for slides from a presentation given by Dr Robert Jakob, Team Leader, WHO, Geneva, Classifications, Terminologies and Standards:

Presentation slides (Dr Robert Jakob, November 2018):

Information session on ICD-11

I have been unable to find a transcript or video for this presentation. The slides include an overview of the structure of ICD-11, timelines for preparation for adoption, overview of proposed draft resolution, implementation package, post-endorsement maintenance and update process etc.

Slide 20/31:

Slide #22 notes outcomes of several CSAC and MSAC reviews and decisions, including the decision in November 2018 to retain the ICD-10 G93.3 entities (Postviral fatigue syndrome; Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis; Chronic fatigue syndrome) in the Diseases of the nervous system chapter [1][2]:

Slide 22/31:

References:

1 ICD-11 proposal submitted by Dr Tarun Dua on November 06, 2017; Processed on November 19, 2018

2 WHO’s rejection of Dr Tarun Dua’s proposal of November 06, 2017

3 For status of proposals for PVFS, BME and CFS see Post #350: ICD-11: Recently processed proposals for Postviral fatigue syndrome, ME, CFS; Fatigue; and Bodily distress disorder

and PDF: Recently processed ICD-11 proposals v3

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ICD-11: Recently processed proposals for Postviral fatigue syndrome, ME, CFS; Fatigue; and Bodily distress disorder

April 30, 2019 by

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ICD-11 endorsement

Next month, the World Health Organization (WHO) intends to present a stable version of ICD-11 to the 72nd World Health Assembly for member state endorsement.

The WHO Executive Board will submit a Resolution for adoption of what it describes as a “preparation for implementation” version of the ICD-11 Mortality and Morbidity Statistics (ICD-11 MMS).

#WHA72 Geneva May 22–28, 2019 

Website: SEVENTY-SECOND WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

Two key documents:

Provisional Agenda Item 12.7 (A72/29): ICD-11 Report by the Director-General

(A72/29 Add.1): Draft Resolution for adoption of ICD-11

If adopted, endorsement would not come into effect until 1 January 2022.

After that date, member states can begin reporting data using the ICD-11 code sets when their countries have prepared their health systems for transition and implemented the new edition.

There is no mandatory date by which member states must migrate to the new edition and for a period of time, data will be collected and aggregated using both ICD-10 and ICD-11. It’s anticipated that even the earliest implementers will take several years to prepare their countries for transition.

Update and revision

Once endorsed, ICD-11 will be subject to an annual update and revision process, as ICD-10 has been.

Minor changes to content can be considered for incorporation on an annual basis. Major changes would be considered for incorporation on a 5 yearly update cycle.

Responsibility for reviewing and processing proposals now lies with the Medical Scientific Advisory Committee (MSAC) and the Classifications and Statistics Advisory Committee (CSAC), which takes over from the ICD-10 Update and Revision Committee (URC). These committees are working through a backlog of proposals.

The ICD-11 Proposal Mechanism platform will remain online and open to stakeholders for new comments and new submissions for changes, additions and improvements. Submissions for changes will also be received from member states via the WHO-FIC Network.

[See ICD-11 Reference Guide: 3.8 Annex: ICD-11 Updating and Maintenance for information on the ICD-11 update and revision cycle and protocol for submission of new proposals.]

Recently processed proposals

Between February and April, this year, a number of proposals were processed.

These include proposals for Postviral fatigue syndrome, Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis and Chronic fatigue syndrome; proposals for Fatigue (was Malaise and fatigue in ICD-10); and proposals for Bodily distress disorder.

Proposals submitted before March 30, 2017 were supposed to have been reviewed before the end of 2017 for consideration for potential inclusion in the initial release of the ICD-11 MMS — but many of these weren’t processed, despite having met the submission deadline.

Proposals relating to Postviral fatigue syndrome and its inclusion terms were in any case put on hold while an evidence review was undertaken. This review was not completed until late 2018.

This batch of recently processed proposals includes proposals submitted by Suzy Chapman (since 2014); by Suzy Chapman and Mary Dimmock (March 2017); and by Lily Chu MD on behalf of the IACFS/ME (March 2017).

The proposal submitted by the WHO’s Dr Tarun Dua, in November 2017, to delete Postviral fatigue syndrome from the Diseases of the nervous system chapter and reclassify ME/CFS [sic] in the Symptoms, signs chapter as a child under Symptoms, signs or clinical findings of the musculoskeletal system was processed in November 2018.

The WHO rightly rejected Dr Dua’s proposal, in a decision supported by the MSAC and CSAC Committees.

Status of processed proposals at April 15, 2019:

In order to access the ICD-11 Proposal Mechanism registration with the platform is required and the platform is clunky to navigate.

For ease of access, I have created a table which sets out the outcome of these processed proposals for Postviral fatigue syndrome, Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis and Chronic fatigue syndrome; Fatigue; and Bodily distress disorder.

(If you already have v1 or v2 of this document, please replace with v3 below, as this document has been updated to include the approval of an exclusion for PVFS under Fatigue.)

Download PDF Table: Recently processed ICD-11 proposals v3

Extract:

ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics (Version : 04 / 2019) version for preparing for implementation as it currently stands:

08 Diseases of the nervous system

8E49 Postviral fatigue syndrome

Filed under Bodily distress disorder, CFS, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Disorder of the nervous system, ICD-11 implementation, International Classification of Diseases, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Postviral fatigue syndrome, WHO (World Health Organization), World Health Assembly Tagged with , , , , , , , , ,

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