Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Criteria
​ME-ICC: International Consensus [research] Criteria - 2011 Link​

ME-Hyde: Dr. Byron Hyde - enteroviruses - 2007/updated 2016 Link

ME/CFS-CCC: Canadian Consensus [clinical] Criteria (CCC)- 2003 Link

ME-Ramsay: Ramsay case description - 1981 Link


GETTING AN ME DIAGNOSIS USING THE ICC
The ME-ICC questionnaire from www.MEadvocacy.org/resources is a useful tool to understand if ME is a reasonable diagnosis to consider. Circling the symptoms and presenting this to your doctor (and family/friends) can help simplify the challenge of explaining the breadth/depth of ME.
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The next step is to confirm the ME diagnosis.  The IC Primer guides doctors to diagnose, treat and rule out other diseases. 
The ICC alone is not enough to confirm an ME diagnosis.

ME (G93.3 as of 5/24/20) and CFS (R53.82 as of 5/24/20) are two separate ICD diagnosis codes.  Combining two different patient groups under one label (ME/CFS) leads to inadequate treatments for #pwME. 
These need to be kept separate.

HERE's a good (PDF) explanation from Suzy Chapman,
Dx Revision Watch about the ICD coding of PVFS, ME and CFS as of November 2019. (6/19/20)

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Other Criteria

Due to decades of misinformation about diagnosing ME, we suggest everyone diagnosed with ME, CFS, ​ME/CFS-CCC, or systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID) (and similar diseases) research which criteria most closely matches their experience.


ME/CFS-SEID: Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease - Beyond ME/CFS IOM Report - 2015 Link

CFS-Reeves: Empirical - 2005 Link
   
CFS-Fukuda: Fukuda - 1994 Link

CFS-Oxford: UK criteria - 1991 Link

CFS-Holmes: Original CFS description - 1988 Link

UNDERSTANDING ME/CFS-SEID

COMPARISON BETWEEN ME-ICC & ME/CFS-SEID (IOM)


For background on ME/CFS-SEID, see MEadvocacy.org blog "Analysis of CFSAC August 2015 Recommendations for the IOM Criteria"
Note:  CDC did not act on CFSAC recommendations.
"Curtain dropped" on CFSAC Sept. 2018.


MEadvocacy.org resources page contains handouts and more information.



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