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ICD-11 change request form

This form guides you through the process of submitting change proposals for ICD-11 to the World 红领巾瓜报 Organization (WHO) through the

Providing detailed information about and justification for your proposal will facilitate its passage through the decision-making process. CIHI鈥檚 Classifications and Terminologies team can help assess the completeness of your proposal. We can provide additional guidance as you submit your proposal on the WHO鈥檚 platform.

There are 5 proposal templates on the WHO鈥檚 platform. Below is a short description of each one. To have CIHI鈥檚 Classifications and Terminologies team assess your proposal before you submit it to WHO, complete and submit 1 form for each proposal type.

Select 1 proposal type 

(complete and submit one form for each proposal type)

  1. Addition / deletion of a synonym
  2. Addition / deletion of an exclusion
  3. Change of description (definition)
  4. Change of a title (the request cannot change the meaning)
  5. Correction of spelling or grammar
  6. Move an existing index term to a new code in the ICD-11 MMS(Change of Coding Status)
  1. Add an entity (e.g., a new disease) to the foundation only
  2. Add a unique code for the entity in the ICD-11 MMS
  1. Remove an existing entity (index term) that isn鈥檛 a code from the ICD-11 MMS
  2. Remove a code from the ICD-11 MMS

(changes to the block structure of a chapter or more complex changes than described in the other request types)

(changes to postcoordination rules and/or value sets at a particular ICD-11 MMS code)
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Explain which synonym you want to add or delete, and why. 
Explain which exclusion you want to add or delete, and why. 
Explain the change by using strikethrough for a deletion and underline for an addition. Provide your rationale to support the change. 
Explain the change you鈥檙e requesting, and why. Note: Changes to a code title that affect the meaning of that code are not allowed and will not be accepted. If a concept is outdated and must be updated, or if a new concept is necessary, you must use the forms to add a new entity and/or delete an existing entity. 
Explain the error.
Propose the correction. 
Indicate which entity you propose to become a code.  
Provide rationale and evidence to support a new code in ICD-11 MMS. Include clinical resources/references 
Add a new entity
Include clinical resources/references. 
Include clinical resources and references. 
Delete existing entity
Complex hierarchical change entity
Postcoordination
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