The possible causes of work-related burnout are being permanently overworked or under-challenged, being under time pressure, multitasking, or having conflicts with colleagues. Increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s jobīurn-out at work has become an increasingly common problem.Feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion.According to the new definition, there are three specific signs of workplace burnout: The new ICD-11 definition of burn-out is: “a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed”.
WHO has clarified that “burnout” is an “occupational phenomenon” that could lead someone to seek care and that it is not a medical condition. While burnout was listed in ICD-10 (Z73.0) in the same category as in ICD-11, its definition has been changed. Codenamed “QD85”, burn-out appears in the section on “problems associated with employment or unemployment”. The World Health Organization (WHO) has now listed workplace burnout as an “occupational phenomenon” in ICD-11 under “problems relating to employment or unemployment”. Medical billing and coding service providers are aware that their teams will need extensive training and practice to help healthcare organizations transition smoothly to ICD-11. ICD-11 carries about 55,000 codes for injuries, diseases and causes of death, including several new codes and updates.
