Classification Detail
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
Basic Bibliographic Information
Status:
Operational
Type:
To Be Determined
Citation:
N/A
ISBN:
9-24-154126-1
Website:
Custodian:
World Health Organization
Available Formats:
HTML
Year Adopted:
2001
Year Published:
1980
Available Languages (besides English):
Français, Español, Pусский, 中文 Details...
Français
Classification internationale des handicaps : déficiences, incapacités et désavantages
Español
Clasificación internacional de deficiencias, discapacidades y minusvalías
Availability:
Fully available in all of the languages above
Purpose of the Classification
Statistical Domains:
1.4 Health
Purpose:
To classify consequences of health conditions with three classifications of functioning and disablement at the body, whole person and person in social context levels - impairments, disabilities and handicaps. The ICF provides a framework and an international common language for the organization and compilation of disability data, the international comparison of these data, and forms the basis for assessment instruments.
Main Applications:
N/A
Main Users:
N/A
Methodology
Scope:
N/A
Concept Being Classified:
health
Statistical Units:
Instances of levels of the experience of disablement at the body, whole person and person in social context levels.
Main Principles:
N/A
Classification Structure
Definition of Structure:
Level:
Level Name:
Code Format:
Number of Items:
Level 1
Chapters (1-digit code)
-
X items
Level 2
Section items (2-digit code)
-
X items
Level 3
Sub-section items (3 digit codes)
-
X items
Level 4
Sub-items (4-digit codes)
-
X items
Level 5
Fourth digit-optional for disability severity
-
X items
Remarks:
First digit is alphabetic, followed by three numerals with one decimal. There is an optional fourth digit for disability severity. This classification structure applies to the three functioning and disablement classifications
Revision Information
Chronology of revisions/versions of the classification:
Year Adopted:
Title or Version Number:
Website:
Official Adopting Entity:
World Health Assembly
Coordinating Entity:
Supporting Documents
Coding Index Available:
No
Training Materials and Other Documents:
N/A
Contact Information
Agency / Office:
N/A
Unit:
Epidemiology, Assessment and Classification Unit
Contact Name:
Dr. T. B. Ustun
Email:
Telephone:
41 22 791 3609
Fax:
41 22 791 4160
Address:
Division of Mental Health and Prevention of Substance Abuse, WHO, Geneva, CH-1211