The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that in 2002
the U.S. diagnostic code for CFS will be moved from "General SymptomsMalaise
and fatigue" (780.71) to "Other disorders of the brain"
(G93.3), which is the code the World Health Organisation (WHO) established
in 1992 for CFS, post-viral fatigue syndrome and benign myalgic encephalomyelitis.
The
CFIDS Chronicle Winter 2000