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Correspondence| Volume 241, P134-135, October 2019

Proposal for a new ICD-11 coding classification system for endometriosis

      We report on work from our international taskforce established to improve the documentation of endometriosis in the upcoming 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Our taskforce comprised representation from the World Endometriosis Society, World Endometriosis Research Foundation, European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Society for Endometriosis and Uterine Disorders, European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy, and British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy.
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