Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System (OSIICS) Version 15

John W Orchard; Ebonie Rio; Kay M Crossley; Jessica J Orchard; Margo Mountjoy

doi:10.1016/j.jshs.2024.03.004

Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System (OSIICS) Version 15

J Sport Health Sci. 2024 Mar 16:S2095-2546(24)00027-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2024.03.004. Online ahead of print.

Authors

John W Orchard¹, Ebonie Rio², Kay M Crossley², Jessica J Orchard³, Margo Mountjoy⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Electronic address: John.orchard@sydney.edu.au.
² La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia.
³ School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton L8S 4L8, Canada.

PMID: 38494156
DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2024.03.004

Abstract

Background: Sports medicine (injury and illnesses) requires distinct coding systems because the International Classification of Diseases is insufficient for sports medicine coding. The Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System (OSIICS) is one of two sports medicine coding systems recommended by the International Olympic Committee. Regular updates of coding systems are required.

Methods: For Version 15, updates for mental health conditions in athletes, sports cardiology, concussion sub-types, infectious diseases, and skin and eye conditions were considered particularly important.

Results: Recommended codes were added from a recent International Olympic Committee consensus statement on mental health conditions in athletes. Two landmark sports cardiology papers were used to update a more comprehensive list of sports cardiology codes. Rugby union protocols on head injury assessment were used to create additional concussion codes.

Conclusion: It is planned that OSIICS Version 15 will be translated into multiple new languages in a timely fashion to facilitate international accessibility. The large number of recently published sport-specific and discipline-specific consensus statements on athlete surveillance warrant regular updating of OSIICS.

Keywords: concussion; dermatology; eye injuries; infectious diseases; sports cardiology; sports injury classification.