![]() Where ICD-10 had a code for “age-related physical disability” (aka “senile debility”), ICD-11 has a code for “old age”. ICD-11 replaces ICD-10, and there are two changes of interest between the two revisions. Not only have there been public debates on the matter, but now there is a public campaign movement to try and have the code (MG2A) removed altogether. The bone of contention is the inclusion of "old age" as a possible diagnosis within the classification. ![]() The translation of WHO’s latest revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) into Portuguese, published with a declaration that it will be adopted in Brazil from the beginning of 2022, has caused uproar among the country’s specialists and academics in the field of gerontology.
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