TY - JOUR
T1 - Revisiting desensitization and allergen immunotherapy concepts for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11
AU - Tanno, Luciana Kase
AU - Calderon, Moises A.
AU - Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G.
AU - Sanchez-Borges, Mario
AU - Rosenwasser, Lanny J.
AU - Bousquet, Jean
AU - Pawankar, Ruby
AU - Sisul, Juan Carlos.
AU - Cepeda, Alfonso Mario
AU - Li, James
AU - Muraro, Antonella
AU - Fineman, Stanley
AU - Sublett, James L.
AU - Katelaris, Constance H.
AU - Chang, Yoon-Seok
AU - Moon, Hee-Bom
AU - Casale, Thomas
AU - Demoly, Pascal
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Allergy and hypersensitivity intervention management procedures, such as desensitization and/or tolerance induction and immunotherapy, have not been pondered up to now in the content of International Classification of Diseases (ICD) context because the focus has been on prioritizing the condition implementations. Tremendous efforts have been devoted to implementing allergic and hypersensitivity conditions in the forthcoming ICD-11. However, we consider that it is crucial now to have nomenclature and classification universally accepted for these procedures to be able to provide scientifically consistent proposals into the new ICD-11 platform for the best practice parameters of our specialty. With the aim of promoting a harmonized comprehension and aligning it with the ICD-11 revision, we have reviewed the definitions and concepts currently used for desensitization and/or tolerance induction and immunotherapy. We strongly believe that this review is a key instrument to support the allergy specialty identity into the ICD-11 framework and serves as a platform to perform positive quality improvement in clinical practice.
AB - Allergy and hypersensitivity intervention management procedures, such as desensitization and/or tolerance induction and immunotherapy, have not been pondered up to now in the content of International Classification of Diseases (ICD) context because the focus has been on prioritizing the condition implementations. Tremendous efforts have been devoted to implementing allergic and hypersensitivity conditions in the forthcoming ICD-11. However, we consider that it is crucial now to have nomenclature and classification universally accepted for these procedures to be able to provide scientifically consistent proposals into the new ICD-11 platform for the best practice parameters of our specialty. With the aim of promoting a harmonized comprehension and aligning it with the ICD-11 revision, we have reviewed the definitions and concepts currently used for desensitization and/or tolerance induction and immunotherapy. We strongly believe that this review is a key instrument to support the allergy specialty identity into the ICD-11 framework and serves as a platform to perform positive quality improvement in clinical practice.
KW - International Classification of Diseases
KW - allergies
KW - immunotherapy
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:34727
U2 - 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.12.022
DO - 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.12.022
M3 - Article
SN - 2213-2198
VL - 4
SP - 643
EP - 649
JO - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
JF - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
IS - 4
ER -