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Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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Synonymous names: | Body functions |
METEOR identifier: | 288336 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 16/10/2006 |
Definition: | A code set representing the Body Functions component of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF 2001). |
Context: | Human functioning and disability. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Body functions are the physiological functions of body systems (including psychological functions). Body refers to the human organism as a whole; hence it includes the brain and its functions, that is, the mind. The 'Body functions' classification is a neutral list of functions that can be used to record positive or neutral body function as well as impairment of body function. 'Impairments' of body functions are problems in body functions such as a loss or significant departure from population standards or averages. This metadata item, in conjunction with Impairment extent code X, enables the provision of information about the presence and extent of impairment for given body functions. 'Body functions' and 'Body structures' together represent one of the three components that define the concept 'Disability'. 'Activities and participation' and 'Environmental factors' are the other two components. Examples of the Permissible values listed in the Body Functions component of the ICF: CODE 1 Mental functions Global mental functions, specific mental functions. CODE 2 Sensory functions and pain Seeing and related functions, hearing and vestibular functions, additional sensory functions including pain. CODE 3 Voice and speech functions Functions of producing sounds and speech, such as articulation, fluency and rhythm. CODE 4 Functions of the cardiovascular, haematological, immunological and respiratory systems Functions of the cardiovascular system, functions of the haematological system, functions of the respiratory system. CODE 5 Functions of the digestive, metabolic and the endocrine system Functions related to the digestive system, functions relating to metabolism and the endocrine system. CODE 6 Genitourinary and reproductive functions Urinary functions, genital and reproductive functions. CODE 7 Neuromusculoseletal and movement-related functions Functions of the joints and bones, muscle functions, movement functions. CODE 8 Functions of the skin and related structures Functions of the skin, functions of the hair and nails. |
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Collection Methods: | Where multiple body functions or impairments of body functions are recorded, the following prioritising system should be useful.
The prefix b denotes the domains within the component of Body Functions. Codes at the ICF chapter levels (i.e. single digit headings such as 'Mental functions') may be recorded. If further detail is required, the Body Functions component of the ICF provides 3, 4 and 5-digit codes. For example, in the Body Functions classification there are these codes: b2 Sensory functions and pain b210 Seeing functions b2102 Quality of vision b21022 Contrast sensitivity In order to indicate the presence and extent in relation to a given body function, Impairment extent code X, should also be recorded. Multiple codes may be recorded. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications. |
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Origin: | World Health Organization (WHO) 2001. ICF: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Geneva: WHO Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2003. ICF Australian User Guide Version 1.0. Canberra: AIHW |
Reference documents: | Further information on the ICF, including more detailed codes, can be found in the ICF itself and the ICF Australian User Guide (AIHW 2003), at the following websites:
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Body function code (ICF 2001) AN[NNNN] Community Services (retired), Standard 16/10/2006 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 29/11/2006 |
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Classification scheme attributes | |
Classification scheme: | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health 2001 |
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Synonymous names: | |
METEOR identifier: | 270548 |
Definition: | The World Health Organization's (WHO) system for classifying functioning, disability and health. |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 01/12/2004 Health, Standard 23/02/2005 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments: | The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 2001 and is a reference member of the WHO Family of International Classifications and of the Australian Family of Health and Related Classifications (endorsed by the National Health Information Management Group in 2002). |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | World Health Organization (WHO) 2001. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Geneva: WHO |
Reference documents: | Further information on the ICF can be found in the ICF itself and the ICF Australian User Guide Version 1.0 (AIHW 2003), at the following websites:
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