Where in the World is ICD-11?
ICD10monitor April 17, 2023
35 countries have formally adopted the new code set.
In February of 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the first official version of ICD-11. With this release of ICD-11 2022, the eleventh version of the International Classification of Disease (ICD) officially went into effect. And in February of 2023, just a few weeks ago, the WHO released the ICD-11 2023 version.
Since its initial release last year, the WHO has continued to encourage all member countries to move to ICD-11 and WHO has been working with early adopters. They have an online maintenance platform where essentially anyone can submit a proposal or comment on the WHO family of international classifications. The ICD-11 2023 version includes “extensive input from early...