INTERRATER RELIABILITY OF ICD-10 IN CHINESE PATIENTS

In an attempt to assess the universal applicability of the Internation al Classification of Disease (ICD-10), two psychiatrists from differen t socio-cultural backgrounds and training independently performed a ch art review of 238 Chinese patients. Inter-rater reliability figures we re comparable to those found in the WHO-coordinated ICD-10 field trial s. The results suggest that ICD-10 has good 'universality' in routine clinical practice.