The Significance of New Chapter of Traditional Medicine in the Eleventh Revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11)

Takashi Ito; Mika Watari; Munenori Saito; Takayuki Hoshino; Yukiko Yokobori; Shuji Yakubo; Ikuro Wakayama

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The Significance of New Chapter of Traditional Medicine in the Eleventh Revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11)

VernacularTitle:国際疾病分類第11回改訂版（ICD-11）伝統医学章新設の意義
Author: Takashi ITO ¹ ; Mika WATARI ² ; Munenori SAITO ³ ; Takayuki HOSHINO ¹ ; Yukiko YOKOBORI ⁴ ; Shuji YAKUBO ¹ ; Ikuro WAKAYAMA ⁵
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1. The Japan Liaison of Oriental Medicine (JLOM)
2. Akashi Clinic
3. International Classification and Information Management Office to the Director-General for Statistics, Information Policy, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Government, Japan. Head, Collaborating Centre for WHO-FIC in Japan., Tokyo
4. Suzuka University of Medical Science
5. Kitasato University Oriental Medicine Research Center
Keywords: formula pattern; integrated coding; medical information manager; meridian and collateral pattern; pattern
From:Kampo Medicine 2021;72(4):461-472
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: A commemorative lecture meeting on the inclusion of a new chapter of traditional medicine in ICD-11 was held in Tokyo in February 2020. The head of the Collaborating Centre for WHO-FIC in Japan explained the process of the project, which started in 2006 to increase WHO's data collection from developing countries and expressed gratitude to the concerned persons who made efforts to obtain consensus with China and Korea. WHO promoted integrated coding between traditional medicine and Western medicine. In the field of acupuncture, meridian and collateral patterns proposed by Japan were adopted and research activities have begun. In the field of Kampo medicine, the prescription content is often used in a fixed form as a representative formula pattern in Japan, so clinically high-level research will be possible under this new classification. In the field of medical information, it has been pointed out that there are high hurdles for medical information managers to understand traditional medicine. It is expected that the progress of mutual understanding of both medicines. From now on, activities in research, translation, education and dissemination of this new classification should be promoted.