ICD-11 Task Force Presented Alpha Draft to WHO
Posted on May 19, 2010
Topic: ICD-11, Standards for Eye Care and Vision
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) has been revised every 10 years at the World Health Organization (WHO). The latest revision, ICD-10, was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1990. In 2007, the WHO announced the 11th revision of the ICD.
The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) formed the ICD-11 Task Force to work with the WHO in revising the current ICD-10 and create a new generation of classification, the ICD-11, which will meet the latest scientific knowledge in ophthalmology and ophthalmologists' demands for clinical utility and health system utility including health financing and reimbursement purposes.
Toward an ICD-11, two major drafts will be developed. An alpha draft will be created for internal users and a beta draft in 2011, which will be subjected to systematic field trials and then made available to the public for comment. The ICO ICD-11 Task Force presented the alpha draft at the World Health Assembly (WHA) on May 19. A final version will be submitted to the World Health Assembly for approval by 2014.
