International Classification of Diseases

classification of specific conditions and groups of conditions determined by an internationally representative expert committee that advises the World Health Organization (WHO), which publishes the complete list in a periodically revised book, the Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death

Description
The chapters of the International Classificatio of Diseases each have a hierarchical arrangement of subdivisions (rubrics) and are structured etiologically or relate to body systems or to classes of conditions or to procedures.