Classifications

WHO-FIC Strategic Documents

The documents attached to this page provide information on the mandates and policies that govern the WHO-FIC and policy documents that guide the work of the Network .

Extracts from the WHO Constitution

The WHO constitution governs the activities of the Classifications, Assessment and Terminologies team and the WHO-FIC Network. Article 2 on the functions of the WHO is the key article of the constitution that governs our work. The following clauses are of particular relevance:

(f) to establish and maintain such administrative and technical services as may be required, including epidemiological and statistical services;

(s) to establish and revise as necessary international nomenclatures of diseases, of causes of death and of public health practices;

World Health Assembly Resolutions

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health was endorsed by the World Health Assembly in May 2001.

The International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, was endorsed by the World Health Assembly in May 1990

Regulations on nomenclature

The regulations on nomenclature were endorsed by the World Health Assembly in May 1967.

The Protocol for the WHO Family of International Classifications

This document defines a World Health Organization Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) and presents a set of principles for including a classification in the family. The background to the Family, a description of the principles that govern the acceptance of a classification as a member of the WHO Family and the process to incorporate a candidate classification in the Family are included.

ICD Revision

WHO-FIC Network Meeting 2011

SNOMED-CT to ICD-10 Maps Preview Release

The World Health Organization and The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) are pleased to announce that a preview release of SNOMED CT to ICD-10 cross maps is now available

ICD-10 ONLINE

ICF ONLINE

International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

HISTORY OF UPDATES

ANNOUNCEMENT

1 July 2011 - The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), in its role as the Australian Collaborating Centre for the WHO’s Family of International Classifications, hosted Towards ICD-11 for Australia to announce the World Health Organization's (WHO) development process for the International Classification of Diseases 11th revision (ICD-11).

ANNOUNCEMENT

22 July 2010 - WHO and the International Health Terminology Standard Development Organisation (IHTSDO) have worked on a collaborative arrangement to link the WHO Family of Classifications and the Standardized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT). This arrangement enables the linkage of terminologies and classifications. In the era of computerization of health information and electronic health records, it represents a major achievement.

Internal Medicine TAG – Hepato-pancreatobiliary Workgroup Co-Chair Dr Emmet B. Keeffe dies

April 12, 1942 – August 8, 2011 Dr Emmet B. Keeffe, co-chair of the hepato-pancreatobiliary working group of the International Classification of Diseases revision, passed away unexpectedly on August 8, 2011 at the age of sixty-nine. In addition to being an active chair in the ICD revision, Dr Keeffe was a former president of the American Gastroenterological Association and Professor of Medicine Emeritus in Hepatology at Stanford University. Dr Keeffe published more than 700 journal articles and book chapters, largely focusing on his clinical research interest: treatment of chronic hepatitis B and C. His full biography can be read online. We will miss his contributions to medicine and science, particularly in his work towards revising the International Classification of Diseases. We are all saddened by his death – which will unfortunately be coded in ICD-10. On behalf of WHO and ICD revision, we extend our sympathies to his family, friends and colleagues.