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The World Health Organization (WHO) utilizes the WHO Family of International Classifications in an effort to have a universal method for classifying diseases. There are 3 main components of this system that include the following:

â?¢International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
â?¢International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF)
â?¢International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI)
Define and explain the purpose of each type of classification, and give 2 examples from each classification category.

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The following solution describes and explains the purpose of the three components of the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.

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The International Classification of Diseases is an official list of categories , physical and mental used by the World Health Organization. It is used primarily for statistical purposes in the classification of morbidity and mortality data. The purpose of the ICD is that it is used to classify diseases and health problems recorded on many types of vital records including health records and death certificates. This records enable the storage and retrieval of diagnostic information for clinical, quality and epidemiological purposes. They also provide the basis for the compilation of national morbidity and ...

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