[Back pain and intervertebral disc degeneration in the International Classification of Diseases 11th revision].

In 2018, the World Health Organization introduced a new version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), which is preliminary and introductory in nature and will come into force on 1 January 2022. One of the most changed sections compared to ICD-10 is the section characterizing the spine pain syndrome and other manifestations of discogenic pathology. The article describes the terms and codes for the degenerative lesion of the intervertebral disk (IVD) in accordance with the requirements of ICD-11, which also agree with the definitions of the 2nd revision of the nomenclature and classification of the pathology of the lumbar IVD from 2014. The basic concepts of IVD degenerative changes are also revealed. The need to create a new revision of the domestic clinical classification of vertebrogenic neurologic pathology adapted to ICD-11 codes is underlined.