ICD-11 “by the people for the people”: The open feedback proposal platform
ICD-11 is a free, digital global health classification that anyone can help improve by submitting proposals through an open, transparent platform.Implications for health information management practice:This inclusive system empowers users worldwide to shape ICD-11 to reflect the evolving real-world medical and public health practice and emerging needs. This also prevents the need for country-specific modifications, ultimately improving the comparability of clinical data at the international level.
Authors
- Carine Alsokhn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3828-8527)
- Robert Jakob (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6542-7548)
- Nenad Kostanjsek
- Danielle A. Southern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0006-0033)
- Eva Krpelanová
- Islam Ibrahim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6521-1947)
- Meng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1112-9822)
- Brooke Macpherson
Institutions
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AU)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN)
- Operation PAR (US)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Ministry of Health (KW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Information Management Journal
- Published
- 2025-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/18333583251366915
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Medical Coding and Health Information
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.94