Indeed, how are doctors to explain and control disease without a common language for the phenomena that they observe? The ICD comprehends the entire spectrum of human disease and injury, and its updates reflect the best new knowledge as well as set the stage for the next wave of medical advances.
疾病的分类和命名是科学研究、同样也是科学成果的条件之一。的确，如果医生没有一种通用语言来描述他们所观察到的现象，他们怎能解释并控制疾病呢？ICD包含了所有人类疾病和损伤种类，它的更新不仅反映了最新尖端知识，也酝酿了医学进步的下一浪潮。