Classification systems in health services

-Automatic translation

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) is published and maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO). The classification system is made for coordinated registration of health-related skills and disabilities and describes skills from different perspectives, such as mobility or social integration. Its structure focuses on the interaction between health, skills, and circumstances.

The classification system was translated, and a shorter version was published in a book in Icelandic in 2015. The printed copies are sold out, so the book can only be accessed electronically.

A more detailed version of the ICF codes is published in SKAFL.is, a website about classification systems. The translation of the ICF into Icelandic was a joint project of the Directorate of Health and the University of Akureyri.

Further information

• ICF.  The International Classification of Skills, Disability, and Health. Presentation. Published in 2009

• General concepts in ICF.  Ideology and classification system. Published in 2013

• The ICF classification system and its applicability in Iceland. Author: Valgerður Gunnarsdóttir. Published in 2003.