Mortality Reference Group

1. WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014 Committee and Reference Group Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014 11-17 October 2014Barcelona, Spain C&RG SWP Report Mortality Reference Group Francesco Grippo and Lars Age Johansson, Co-Chairs Donna L. Hoyert, Secretariat Robert Jakob, WHO Liaison Title

2. WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014 Committee and Reference Group Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014 11-17 October 2014Barcelona, Spain C&RG SWP Report Key Priorities and Deliverables • Promote standard interpretation and application of ICD-10 mortality rules • Resolve new and outstanding coding issues • Develop ICD-10 updates for mortality classification purposes • Prepare proposals for submission to URC • Enhance mortality knowledge base • Promote development of international software for coding and classification of mortality • Clarify details of mortality coding instructions for automation • Develop international core set of quality assurance checks for mortality data • Age and cause consistency checks

3. WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014 Committee and Reference Group Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014 11-17 October 2014Barcelona, Spain C&RG SWP Report Future and Continuing Tasks • Continue ICD-10 activities • Updates • Decisions on coding issues • ICD-11-related tasks • Adapt international instructions (“Volume 2”) for multiple cause-of-death coding • Adapt international instructions for underlying cause-of-death coding • Adapt international core set of quality assurance checks for mortality data • Provide expertise for field trials and other testing of ICD-11 for mortality • Mortality Forum

4. WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014 Committee and Reference Group Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014 11-17 October 2014Barcelona, Spain C&RG SWP Report Midyear meetingBudapest, Hungary March 2015(To be confirmed) Title