What revisions are we proposing to make in the immune system disorder listings for children—114.00?
As in proposed 14.00 in the adult rules, we propose to change the name of this body system to “Immune System Disorders.” Except for minor editorial changes, we have repeated much of the introductory text of proposed 14.00 in the introductory text to proposed 114.00. This is because the same basic rules for establishing and evaluating the existence and severity of immune system disorders in adults also apply to children. Because we have already described these provisions under the explanation of proposed 14.00, the following discussions describe only those provisions that are unique to the childhood rules or that require further explanation. We describe only the major provisions. For example, we do not summarize minor editorial changes that refer to “children” instead of adults or to the policy of “functional equivalence” instead of RFC assessment and steps in the adult sequential evaluation process. Also, where appropriate in the introductory text of proposed 114.00, we have made an ed