[Novelties in the ongoing 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases]. / Újdonságok a Betegségek Nemzetközi Osztályozásának készülo 11. kiadásában.

The development of the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases has been underway since 2007. The World Health Organisation, its coordinator, currently has scheduled its completion for 2017. The novel classification system has a similar high-level structure than the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, while the entities are significantly more detailed and contain more parameters. The development process aims to harmonize the 11th revision definitions with the codes of other information technology systems, potentially allowing the statistical use of far more clinical information than at present. Meanwhile, this complex development process has confronted several difficulties. The developers are awaiting the comments of all professionals concerning the B-version of the system, available on the Internet.