WHO previewed a new International Classification of Diseases, ICD-11, which includes updates to codes related to antimicrobial resistance, adds gaming as an addictive disorder and categorizes gender incongruence as a matter of sexual health, not a mental health condition.
The ICD serves as a foundation for identifying global health trends and statistics and contains approximately 55,000 unique codes for injuries, diseases and causes of death, offering a common language that enables health care providers to share health information around the world, according to WHO. It has not been revised in
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