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=== WHO classification === White has repeatedly stated that there are multiple ways of classifying CFS using the World Health Organization's (WHO) International Classification of Diseases, version 10 ([[ICD-10]]).<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":29">{{Cite journal | last = White | first = P. D. | last2 = Rickards | first2 = H. | last3 = Zeman | first3 = A. Z.J. | date = 2012-05-24| title = Time to end the distinction between mental and neurological illnesses|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22628005|journal=BMJ (Clinical research ed.)|volume=344| pages = e3454|doi=10.1136/bmj.e3454|issn=1756-1833|pmid=22628005}}</ref><ref name=":26" /> He has claimed for example that “chronic fatigue syndrome may be classified as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) within the neurology chapter (G93.3) of ICD-10, or as neurasthenia, a psychiatric disorder (F 48.0).”<ref name=":29" /> The WHO however classifies ME, CFS and post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS) under code G93.3 in Chapter VI Diseases of the nervous system of ICD-10, and has made clear that it “is not permitted for the same condition to be classified to more than one rubric”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dxrevisionwatch.com/icd-11-me-cfs/| title = ICD-10: ME, CFS | date = 2009-12-26 | website = dx revision watch|language=en|access-date=2019-08-19}}</ref> ICD-10 explicitly excludes code G93.3 (PVFS, ME and CFS) from the neurasthenia diagnosis F48.0.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://icd.who.int/browse10/2010/en#/F48.0| title = ICD-10 Version:2010 | website = icd.who.int|access-date=2019-08-19}}</ref> White has also stated incorrectly that CFS can be classified under "R53.82 Chronic fatigue, unspecified, which includes chronic fatigue syndrome NOS."<ref name=":2" /> There is however no such code in the ICD,<ref name="ICD10"/> only in the U.S.'s clinical modification, the [[ICD-10-CM]].<ref name="ICD-10-CM">{{citation |url=https://icd10cmtool.cdc.gov/?fy=FY2022&query=fatigue |website=National Center for Health Statistics| title = R53 Malaise and fatigue {{!}} General symptoms and signs (R50-R69) {{!}} ICD-10-CM Index and Tabular | date = 2007 | access-date=2022-09-21}}</ref><ref name=":30">{{Cite web|url=https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqvhh3| title = TwitLonger — When you talk too much for Twitter|website=twitlonger.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-19}}</ref> White has also written that "Fink's concept of body distress syndrome" was recently incorporated into [[ICD-11]]<ref name=":2" />, which is incorrect. For the core ICD-11, WHO has approved the differently conceptualized, "Bodily distress disorder (BDD) which is distinct from Fink's concept of Bodily Distress Syndrome.<ref name=":30" />{{citation needed}} In a lecture for the re-insurance company Swiss RE, White emphasized that a diagnosis of CFS makes it easier than a diagnosis of ME to use a mental health exclusion in insurance policies.<ref name="peter-white-and-swiss-re">{{Cite web|url=http://www.virology.ws/2017/08/07/trial-by-error-retired-pace-investigator-peter-white-and-swiss-re/| title = Trial by Error: Retired PACE Investigator Peter White and Swiss Re|website=[[Virology blog]]|access-date=2019-08-19}}</ref> He argued that “a diagnosis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or ME (a term often used colloquially instead of CFS) is considered a neurological condition according to the arrangement of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnostic codes whereas CFS can alternatively be defined as neurasthenia which is in the mental health chapter of ICD10.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freezepage.com/1374761286EFCHIYENBE| title = FreezePage|website=freezepage.com|access-date=2019-08-19}}</ref>
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