ICD-11: Modernizing ICD for the Digital World

This first in a series of three webinars will cover the evolution of ICD-11. Steps taken by the World Health Organization to modernize ICD are explained including the revision framework, resource suite, and maintenance platform.

ICD-11 Webinar Objectives:

• Define the content model
• Breakdown the use and value of the ICD-11 resources
• Explain the maintenance process

ICD-11: Establishing Flexibility

This second in a 3-part webinar series will explain ICD-11’s core structure. Topics included are multiple parenting in the Foundation, what constitutes a Linearization, and uniform resource identifiers. Its many uses will also be explored such as causes of death, patient safety, and casemix analysis.

ICD-11 Webinar Objectives:

• Describe the architecture
• Compare the Foundation to Linearization
• Identify use cases

ICD-11 MMS: A Glimpse into the Future

The final webinar in the series introduces the ICD-11 linearization for mortality and morbidity or ICD-11 MMS. Key features such as cluster coding are presented. How to search terms using the various tools is demonstrated.

ICD-11 Webinar Objectives:

• Outline the ICD-11 MMS coding scheme
• Summarize the ICD-11 MMS key features
• Apply a search term using the ICD-11 MMS tools

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