Chronic pain as a symptom or a disease: the IASP Classification of Chronic Pain for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11)

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A new classification system for chronic pain, applicable across diverse settings, defines chronic pain as lasting over 3 months and categorizes it as either "chronic primary pain" (a disease in itself) or "chronic secondary pain" (a symptom of another disease).

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