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Functioning

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
METEOR identifier:Help on this term327292
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Standard 29/11/2006
Definition:Help on this termFunctioning is the umbrella term for any or all of: body functions, body structures, activities and participation. Functioning is a multidimensional concept denoting the neutral aspects of the interaction between an individual (with a health condition) and that individual's environmental and personal factors.
Context:Help on this term

An individual's functioning in a specific domain is an interaction or complex relationship between health conditions and environmental and personal factors.

Functioning and disability are dual concepts in a broad framework, with disability focussing on the more negative aspects of this interaction.

Collection and usage attributes

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This glossary term is based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). The ICF was endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 2001 as 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).

The ICF provides a framework for the description of human functioning and disability. The components of ICF are defined in relation to a health condition. A health condition is an ‘umbrella term for disease (acute or chronic), disorder, injury or trauma’ (WHO 2001). A health condition may be recorded, for example, as Episode of care principal diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 3rd edn) ANN{.N[N]} and Episode of care additional diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 3rd edn) ANN{.N[N]}.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this term

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:Help on this term

Further information on the ICF can be found in the ICF itself and the ICF Australian User Guide (AIHW 2003) and the following websites
• WHO ICF website
http://www.who.int/classifications/icf/en
• Australian Collaborating Centre ICF website
http://www.aihw.gov.au/disability/icf/index.html

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes PDFFunctioning, version 1, DEC, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (15.4 KB) No registration status
Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Activity difficulty level code (ICF 2001) N
  • Community Services (retired), Superseded 16/10/2006
Disability grouping code N[N]
  • Community Services (retired), Superseded 08/05/2006
Environmental factors code (ICF 2001) N[NNN]
  • Community Services (retired), Superseded 16/10/2006
Functioning and Disability DSS
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 16/10/2006
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Standard 29/11/2006
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