VW01

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Conversation

Description

Starting, sustaining and ending an interchange of thoughts and ideas, carried out by means of spoken, written, signed or other forms of language, with one or more people one knows or who are strangers, in formal or casual settings.

Index terms

  • Conversation
  • Having a conversation
  • Starting a conversation
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  • Sustaining a conversation
  • Ending a conversation
  • Conversing with one person
  • Having a conversation with one person
  • Conversing with many people
  • Having a conversation with many people

Sibling codes

  • VW00 – Communicating with - receiving - spoken messages
  • VW0Y – Other specified communication
  • VW0Z – Communication, unspecified

Foundation entity

Conversation – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/952917930

Part of: V: Supplementary section for functioning assessment