Module 5: Study Guide

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00 Study Guide – Module 5 – WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) (3-2023)

Health records include a range of information that is not about functioning. In this module we introduce you to the other classifications in the World Health Organization’s Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC), more specifically:

• ICHI: the International Classification of Health Interventions;
• ICD-11: The International Classification of Diseases (11^th version), which now include the V-codes: A supplementary section for functioning assessment; and
• a range of other internationally accepted classifications.

The benefits of using an accepted international standards are:

• Their development is based on a wide range of expertise.
• Effective knowledge representation and data transfer.
• Allows health personnel and people/patients to communicate using one (technical) language
• Shared terminology supports natural language processing and effective text analytics.
• Globally comparable data can be produced.

In this module you will explore the content of ICHI. This will allow you to successfully complete Assignment 4 (e), the planning of interventions to meet the goals stated in Assignment 4 (d).

Goal

To introduce a range of classifications that complement the ICF.