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ReviewBMC medical informatics and decision making2021

ICD-11: an international classification of diseases for the twenty-first century.

James E Harrison, Stefanie Weber, Robert Jakob, Christopher G Chute

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Review in BMC medical informatics and decision making, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 250 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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250citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

250 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Validating exacerbations of asthma in electronic health records: a systematic review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  7. Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for pain relief: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  14. Revision process for theBulletin of the World Health Organization · 2026
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  15. ICD-11 "by the people for the people": The open feedback proposal platform.Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

James E HarrisonCollege of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. james.harrison@flinders.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-9893-8491
Stefanie WeberFederal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices, Bonn, Germany.
Robert JakobWorld Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Christopher G ChuteSchools of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, JohnsHopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe International Classification of Diseases (ICD) has long been the main basis for comparability of statistics on causes of mortality and morbidity between places and over time. This paper provides an overview of the recently completed 11th revision of the ICD, focusing on the main innovations and their implications. MAIN TEXT: Changes in content reflect knowledge and perspectives on diseases and their causes that have emerged since ICD-10 was developed about 30 years ago. Changes in design and structure reflect the arrival of the networked digital era, for which ICD-11 has been prepared. ICD-11's information framework comprises a semantic knowledge base (the Foundation), a biomedical ontology linked to the Foundation and classifications derived from the Foundation. ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics (ICD-11-MMS) is the primary derived classification and the main successor to ICD-10. Innovations enabled by the new architecture include an online coding tool (replacing the index and providing additional functions), an application program interface to enable remote access to ICD-11 content and services, enhanced capability to capture and combine clinically relevant characteristics of cases and integrated support for multiple languages.

conclusionsICD-11 was adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2019. Transition to implementation is in progress. ICD-11 can be accessed at icd.who.int.

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Biological OntologiesInternational Classification of DiseasesGlobal HealthHumansKnowledge BasesClassificationeHealthEpidemiologyInformaticsInternational classification of diseasesStatistics

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PMID34753471
PMCPMC8577172

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