The World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified gaming addiction as mental health disorder in its International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 11.

• ICD is the international standard diagnostic tool for epidemiology, health management and clinical purposes.
• Its full official name is International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.
• It is maintained by WHO and is revised periodically. ICD 11 will be presented at World Health Assembly in May 2019 for adoption by WHO member states, and it will come into effect on January 1, 2022.
• It also has for first time added chapter on traditional systems of medicine. This will pave way for such treatments to be covered by insurance as insurance reimbursements based on ICD coding.