Harmonizing WHO’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF): importance and methods to link disease and functioning

Table 1 The Content Model of the ICD 11 [4]

Any category in ICD is represented by: TITLE of ENTITY: Name of disease, disorder, or syndrome
1. ICD Concept Title	8. Temporal Properties
1.1 Fully Specified Name	8.1 Age of Occurrence & Occurrence Frequency
	8.2 Development Course / Stage
2. Classification Properties	9. Severity of Subtypes Properties
2.1 Parents
2.2 Type
2.3 Use and Linearization(s)
3. Textual Definition(s)	10. Functioning Properties
	10.1 Impact on Activities and Participation
	10.2 Contextual Factors
	10.3 Body Functions
4. Terms	11. Specific Condition Properties
4.1 Base Index Terms	11.1 Biological Sex
4.2 Inclusion Terms	11.2 Life-Cycle Properties
4.3 Exclusions
5. Body Structure Description	12. Treatment Properties
5.1 Body System(s)
5.2 Body Part(s) [Anatomical Site(s)]
5.3 Histopathology
6. Manifestation Properties	13. Diagnostic Criteria
6.1 Signs and Symptoms
6.2 Investigation Findings
7. Causal Properties	14. External Causes
7.1 Etiology Type
7.2 Causal Properties- Agents
7.3 Causal Properties- Causal Mechanisms
7.4 Genomic Linkages
7.5 Risk Factors

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