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==<span id="icd8">First recognition of ME/CFS</span >== [[Myalgic encephalomyelitis]] (ME) has been recognized by the World Health Organization as a [[Nervous system|neurological]] disease since 1969, when it published the '''ICD-8''' classification of diseases using code 323 for myalgic encephalomyelitis.<ref name="ICD-8">{{Cite book | url =https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/70934/ICD_10_1969_eng_v2a.pdf | title = Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death Based on the Recommendations of the Eighth Revision Conference | last =World Health Organization | first=|publisher=WHO| year = 1969|isbn=|editor-link=|edition=Eighth|volume=2|location=Geneva | page = 173|chapter=|quote=Encephalomyelitis (chronic),<br>(myalgic, benign) 323|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref><ref name=ICD-8-conf>{{Citation|url=https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/137300/WHA19_PB-6_eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y | title = Report of the International Conference for the Eighth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases | last =World Health Assembly, 19 |publisher =World Health Organization | first=| year = 1966|chapter=DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS | page = 42}}</ref> The ICD-8 listing for [[ME/CFS]] is: *VI. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS :Inflamatory diseases of central nervous system (320-324) ::Encephalitis, myelitis, and encephalomyelitis (except acute infectious As 343) :::'''Encephalomyelitis''' (chronic) (disseminated, acute) (granulomatous) ::::(hemarrhagic necrotizing. acute) ::::('''myalgic, benign''') ::::(postexanthematous) ::::(postinfectious) (see also Encephalitis) 343) The [[United States]] edition of the ICD-8 included both myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and what is now known as [[postviral fatigue syndrome]] (PVFS), classifying both with code 323:<ref name=ICD-8-US>{{Cite book | title=International Classification of Diseases, Adapted for Use in the United States, ICDA|volume = 2| page = 178|edition =8 | date = 1969 | url = https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZkbRSmyK0h8C&newbks=0&dq=International%20Classification%20of%20Diseases%20eighth%20%20-coding%20%20%22benign%20%22%20%22Myalgic%20%22%20%22encephalomyelitis%20%22&pg=PA178#v=onepage&q&f=false|publisher =World Health Organization|location=Geneva}}</ref > *'''Encephalomyelitis''' (chronic) (disseminated, acute) (Branulomalous) ::(hemorrhagic necrotizing, acute) ::('''myalgic, benign''') ::(postexanthematous) ::(postinfectious) (see also Encephalitis). The ICD-8 did not include any alternative names for myalgic encephalomyelitis although postinfectious encephalomyelitis could be classified under the same code; fatigue-related alternative names were not added in any later revisions.<ref name="ICD-8" /><ref name="icd10-2016" /> The alternative name [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (CFS) was not in use at this time; it was proposed in 1988 by the [[Centers for Disease Control]], which adopted [[Holmes criteria|new diagnostic criteria]] at the same time.{{Citation needed| date = February 19, 2021}} The current version of the ICD is the '''[[#icd10|ICD-10]]'''; the newer '''[[#icd11|ICD-11]]''' has been published but is expected to be in widespread use within the next few years.
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