Eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases: draft resolution proposed by the Secretariat with amendments from Member States

EXECUTIVE BOARD EB144/CONF./9 144th session 31 January 2019 Agenda item 5.9 Eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases Draft resolution proposed by the Secretariat with amendments from Member States The Executive Board, Having considered the report on the eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases,1 RECOMMENDS to the Seventy-second World Health Assembly the adoption of the following draft resolution: The Seventy-second World Health Assembly, (PP1) Having considered the report on the eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases; (PP1 bis) Recalling the WHO Nomenclature Regulations adopted by the Twentieth World Health Assembly on 22 May 1967; [European Union] (PP1 ter) Recalling the resolution on the Forty-third World Health Assembly on 17 May 1990, adopting the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases with effect from 1 January 1993; [European Union] (OP1) ADOPTS the following, based on the report by the Director-General: (1) the detailed list of four-character categories and optional five- and six-character subcategories2 with the short tabulation lists for mortality and morbidity, constituting the eleventh revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11); 1 Document EB144/22. 2 See ICD-11 browser at https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en. EB144/CONF./9 2 (2) the definitions, standards and reporting requirements related to maternal, fetal, perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality;1 (3) the rules and instructions for underlying cause coding for mortality and main condition coding for morbidity; (OP1 bis) Having considered the report contained in Document EB144/22 [European Union] (OP2) DECIDES that the eleventh revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems shall come into effect on 1 January 2022; subject to transitional arrangements to be determined by the Director-General; and for a period of at least five years [European Union] (OP3) ENDORSES: (1) the further development and implementation of the family of disease and health- related classifications, with the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems as the core classification linked to other related classifications, specialty versions and terminologies; (2) the criteria defined for [Argentina] the updating process within the lifetime of eleventh revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems; (2bis) [the updating process within the lifetime of eleventh revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems;] [United States] (OP4) REQUESTS the Director-General: (1) to put in place the electronic tools and support mechanisms for the implementation, including transition from ICD 10 to ICD 11, maintenance and dissemination and issue the eleventh revision of the international statistical classification of diseases and health related problems; [European Union] (1) to put in place the electronic tools and support mechanisms for maintenance and dissemination in all the official languages of the Organization [Argentina] and issue the eleventh revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems; (2) to provide support, upon request, to to support [Bhutan] Member States in implementation of the eleventh revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems; (2bis) to propose to the Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly through the Executive Board a process and timeline on the updated ICD 11 [European Union] (2ter) to provide transitional arrangements from 1 January 2022 for at least five years, enabling Member States to compile statistics using previous revisions of the 1 See document at https://icd.who.int/docs/norms-eb2019.pdf. EB144/CONF./9 3 International Classification of Diseases, with translation to the eleventh revision through electronic tools [European Union] (3) to report regularly on progress in implementing this resolution, through the Executive Board to the Seventy-seventh World to the Health Assembly in 2024 through the Executive Board to the Eighty-second World Health Assembly in 2029. [European Union] = = =