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This syndrome attempts to capture acute GSW hospital visits and was developed based on existing syndromes shared by the community of practice in this forum post: https://www.healthsurveillance.org/forums/Posts.aspx?topic=1452124

This syndrome attempts to capture acute GSW emergency department and inpatient visits

The syndrome is developed in NSSP ESSENCE using Chief Complaint History, Admission Reason and Discharge Diagnosis fields and evaluated on Maricopa County emergency department and inpatient data. 

 

 

Syndrome Definition

Discharge Diagnosis Field (Also Apply to: Admit Reason Combo, Chief Complaint History ): (,^[;/ ]W34.[01][09]_A^,or,^[;/ ]X74.[89]XXA^,or,^[;/ ]X95.[89]XXA^,or,^[;/ ]Y24.[89]XXA^,or,^[;/ ]W34[01][09]_A^,or,^[;/ ]X74[89]XXA^,or,^[;/ ]X95[89]XXA^,or,^[;/ ]Y24[89]XXA^,or,^[;/ ]W3[23].___A^,or,^[;/ ]X7[23].___A^,or,^[;/ ]X9[34].___A^,or,^[;/ ]Y2[23].___A^,or,^[;/ ]W3[23]___A^,or,^[;/ ]X7[23]___A^,or,^[;/ ]X9[34]___A^,or,^[;/ ]Y2[23]___A^,),or,(,^GSW ^,or,^GSW,or,^GUNSHOT^,or,^GUN SHOT ^,or,(,^GUN^,and,^WOUND^,),or,^BULLET^,or,(,^SHOT^,and,^SELF^,),)

 

Admit Reason Combo: ^,andnot,(,^PAINT^,or,^NAIL^,or,^RUBBER BULLET^,or,^PELLET^,or,^ BB ^,or,^ BB,or,^TASER^,or,^NERF^,or,(,(,^GSW^,or,^GUNSHOT^,or,^GUN SHOT^,or,^BULLET^,),and,(,^HX^,or,^HISTORY^,),),or,^OLD BULLET^,or,(,(,^GSW^,or,^SHOT^,),and,^AGO^,),or,^Z51.89^,or,^Z5189^,)

Chief Complaint History: ^,andnot,(,^PAINT^,or,^NAIL^,or,^RUBBER BULLET^,or,^PELLET^,or,^ BB ^,or,^ BB,or,^TASER^,or,^NERF^,or,(,(,^GSW^,or,^GUNSHOT^,or,^GUN SHOT^,or,^BULLET^,),and,(,^HX^,or,^HISTORY^,),),or,^OLD BULLET^,or,(,(,^GSW^,or,^SHOT^,),and,^AGO^,),or,^Z51.89^,or,^Z5189^,)

 

Submitting Author Organization
Maricopa County Department of Public Health
Submitting Author Email
rasneet.kumar@maricopa.gov
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