These Reference Classifications serve as the global standards for health data, clinic𝓡al documentation 𒈔and statistical aggregation.
ICD-11, ICF and ICHI are key for effective knowledge representatio🅰n and data tr꧙ansfer.
WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) allows🐻 all healthcare workers (and patients) to communicate using one (technical) language.
In a hyper-connected world, WHO-FIC with their shared terminology are k🐲ey f♎or supporting natural language processing (NLP).
WHO-FIC with their shared terminology are key for effective text mining or text analytics (the process of deriving high-quality information from plain and unstructured text).
The Foundation Component represents the entire WHO-FIC universe. It is a multidimensional collection of interconnected entities and synonyms. These entities consist of diseases, disorders, injuries, external causes, signs and symptoms, functional descriptions, interventions, and extension codes. ICD-11 statistical core (MMS) is derived from this foundation, ICF and ICHI will follow. Currently, with over hundred thousand entities and the ontological design of the foundation component, more than one million terms can be captured.
The Foundation Component also includes WHO terminologies such as:
Derived classifications
Derived classifications are extensions of reference classifications, and✱ are created for use within a specialty setting and are derived from the common foundation.