Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2021; 117(3): 558-560
The Congenital Heart Disease Diagnosis List for the eleventh iteration of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD11): Translation to Brazilian Portuguese
Vera Demarchi Aiello
, Sandra da Silva Mattos
Background
The International Society for Nomenclature of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease (ISNPCHD) is an organization composed by specialists in Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Morphology. It was created aiming at unifying the terminology of congenital and acquired pediatric heart disease across the world. The unified lexicon allows for inter-institutional and international diagnostic comparisons and exchange of information on the outcomes of children and adults with congenital heart defects.
Initially gathering annually, as the “The International Nomenclature Working Group for the Mapping and Coding of Nomenclatures for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease”, the members decided to create, in 2005, the International Society (ISNPCHD), extending the membership to incorporate professionals from underrepresented areas of the world.
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