Nielk
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OK see if I understand
ME - Does not exist , will not exist in USA ICD code
CFS will be replaced with SEID.
So any studies on SEID cannot be used for ME or at some point they international comunity will say
For USA
SEID in USA = ME (internationally)
FOr International
SEID does not exist only ME. but they are different.
Now I am confused.
ME will exist in the US ICD-10 code as of october 2015.
CFS will remain as it has been coded
SEID will get it's own coding but probably not until 2016
SEID or the IOM criteria was created for diagnostic criteria, not research criteria
As far as what disease is SEID replacing, it is anyone's guess. It was not clarified in the IOM report.
The report was a study on ME/CFS so I am assuming that SEID is replacing ME/CFS - whatever that means.