11-17 October 2014Barcelona, Spain
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WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014
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Title
Mortality Reference Group
Francesco Grippo and Lars Age Johansson, Co-Chairs
Donna L. Hoyert, Secretariat
Robert Jakob, WHO Liaison
• Promote standard interpretation and application of ICD-10 mortality rules– Resolve new and outstanding coding issues
• Develop ICD-10 updates for mortality classification purposes– Prepare proposals for submission to URC
• Enhance mortality knowledge base– Promote development of international software for coding and classification of
mortality – Clarify details of mortality coding instructions for automation
• Develop international core set of quality assurance checks for mortality data– Age and cause consistency checks
11-17 October 2014Barcelona, Spain
C&RG SWP Report
WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014
Committee and Reference Group Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
Key Priorities and Deliverables
• Continue ICD-10 activities– Updates– Decisions on coding issues
• ICD-11-related tasks– Adapt international instructions (“Volume 2”) for multiple cause-of-death
coding– Adapt international instructions for underlying cause-of-death coding– Adapt international core set of quality assurance checks for mortality data– Provide expertise for field trials and other testing of ICD-11 for mortality
• Mortality Forum
11-17 October 2014Barcelona, Spain
C&RG SWP Report
WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014
Committee and Reference Group Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
Future and Continuing Tasks
Midyear meetingBudapest, Hungary
March 2015(To be confirmed)
11-17 October 2014Barcelona, Spain
C&RG SWP Report
WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014
Committee and Reference Group Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
Title