There are several improvements with the roll out of ICD-11. ICD-11
is now completely electronic and allows access to 17,000 diagnostic
categories and 100,000 medical diagnostic terms. There are more
than 1.6 million terms to search. The clinical content has improved
with ICD-11. ICD-11 is free to call countries, can be installed easily,
and can be used online or offline with a download. One of the major
improvements is the ability to code accurately with ease and it
requires less user training. ICD-11 has been designed to work in
various IT-environments. Information within ICD-11 has bee updated
to reflect modern science and medicine along with the most up-to-
date information on prevention of disease and disease treatment.
ICD-11 also provides a platform where users can suggest changes or
additions to be made. There are new core chapters with new
supplementary chapters. ICD-11 provides new clinical precision
codes to allow more accurate coding with the ability to record data
more in-depth.
For countries looking to adopt ICD-11, this would be their best
opportunity yet. ICD-11 allows for more standardization across the
board where data can be collected and understood cohesively
between countries. It will be available for use where it has not been
possible to use before. ICD-11 is free for all countries. ICD-11 would
also provide countries with the ability to be able to count and
analyze data to identify their most troublesome health issues. There
is a translation tool that easily provides accurate translations with
the addition of local terms.
References
ICD-11 Fact Sheet. (n.d.). Retrieved February, 2022,
from https://icd.who.int/en/
