Reflection of Traditional Medicine in the New International Classification of Diseases - ICD11

Abstract

 For centuries, interest and trust in traditional medicine(TM) has not been lost on the part of the population. Patients still actively turn to representatives of traditional medicine, folk healers - both for diagnostics and treatment [1]. Traditional, or so-called, oriental medicine and its individual methods are becoming increasingly popular in the West - Chinese, Indian, Thai, Tibetan medicine offices, centers, clinics are opening [2]. However, in the conditions of evidence-based medicine, patients themselves take responsibility for the quality and results of diagnosis and treatment using traditional medicine methods, since most countries do not regulate this area - neither prohibit it nor impose specific licensing conditions. Because of this, there are often no accurate statistics - how many people use traditional medicine (TM) services, for which diseases and conditions people turn to traditional medicine more often, what results they get, etc. However, if we judge not by the decrease, but by the increase in the number of centers, that is, by the increase in demand for them in the market, it turns out that we can conclude that the population's trust and demand for TM is high [3,4]. Moreover, most likely, it is precisely in view of this demand that in recent years, developed medical centers around the world have been opening integrative medicine clinics in order to diagnose patients using both conventional and traditional medicine methods and prescribe treatment or care [1]. And even more - the World Health Organization has included traditional medicine as a separate chapter in the new International Classification of Diseases [4].

This is where our interest arose and a study was planned, which aimed to discuss why it was necessary to include a separate chapter on traditional medicine in the ICD-11, what health conditions are included, what system is used to code them in this chapter; which traditional medicine treatment methods are included in the interventions and what criteria are used to select them; are the coded topics of traditional medicine based on evidence-based medicine?

Accordingly, the purpose of the study was: to study the prerequisites, reasons and expected results of adding the TM component to the ICD11

The objectives are: 1. General overview of the traditional medicine chapter in the ICD11, 2. Determination of the prerequisites and reasons for including TM in the ICD11, 3. Calculation of the expected results

Materials and methods: 1. The ICD11 itself and supporting documents (WHO reviews, recommendations, resolutions, 2. Scientific articles, information materials on the inclusion of TM in the ICD11. The multi-factor qualitative method included both descriptive, review, and correlational and analytical methods.