{"id":7575,"date":"2021-10-28T17:53:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T12:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medisysdata.com\/blog\/?p=7575"},"modified":"2022-11-02T13:04:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T07:34:57","slug":"icd-11-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medisysdata.com\/blog\/icd-11-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you prepared for ICD-11 Changes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The World Health Organization (WHO) updates ICD codes every few years to improve clinical use and acknowledge innovation in healthcare. Medical practices and hospitals spent significant time and resources organising for and familiarising to ICD-10, but in May 2019 the World Health Organization announced the new release of the International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Edition (ICD-11). The good news is that your medical practice has some time to prepare for the changes. Countries may start using ICD-11 on January 1, 2022, although there\u2019s been no decision on when and how the United States will begin implementing ICD-11.<\/a><\/p>\n

What is ICD-11?<\/h2>\n

The ICD refers to the International Classification of Diseases, an attempt to use one set of diagnoses internationally. In January 2022, healthcare providers in the United States are expected to start using the 11th edition.<\/p>\n

This is the most significant change to disease classification since ICD-9 was retired in 2015. Currently, ICD-10 represents about 14,000 distinct diagnoses. ICD-11 has 55,000+ unique codes to represent a more comprehensive list of diagnoses. This update is a game-changer for the health and wellness industry because it recognizes several common diagnoses that were previously overlooked in ICD-10.<\/p>\n

ICD\u201311 has five new chapters, and as a result, the numbering of the chapters has changed. The new chapters are:<\/p>\n