Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

What It Would Take to Get BII [Breast Implant Illness] Classified as a Medical Condition

22 Jul 2023 · 0 min

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YouTube video (transcript excerpt) in which Robert Whitfield MD explains why Breast Implant Illness (BII) is not currently recognized as a medical diagnosis: it is not included in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), and thus lacks formal diagnostic status. The speaker is discussing criteria and administrative steps needed for recognition.

From a provider standpoint to recognize the pattern of this because it's not well understood. And people ask me, well, you know, why is this a diagnosis? Well, for something to be categorized as a medical diagnosis, it has to be implemented in the International Classification of Diseases. It's called commonly ICD, and it's in its 10th version at this point, and it is not part of that classification system. So therefore, it's not a recognized medical diagnosis.