Most diagnoses in the UK are based on theInternationalClassificationofDiseases (ICD), published by the World Health Organization, which is up for revision in 2015.
Right now hospital coders use a standard called theInternational Statistical ClassificationofDiseases and Related Health Problems to classify patients and get reimbursed properly for their care.
Mr Macniven also said that coding ofthe causes of death was being updated to take account of changes to the World Health Organisation's internationalclassificationofdiseases and related health problems.