The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP), virtually convened the 2020 Syndromic Surveillance Symposium from November 17-19, 2020. The event was held during the following dates and times:
Syndromes
This query was created as a collaboration between the ISDS Syndrome Definition Committee (SDC) members with input from the CDC, Division of Violence Prevention. The query includes keywords and discharge diagnosis codes (ICD 10, ICD 9, and SNOMED) for self-harm, suicide ideation and suicide attempt. The query has been evaluated using national and local data from several states and counties.
Attached is a word document with multiple syndromes that we have found useful during the coagulopathy cluster situation. Most used queries are highlighted in yellow.
These queries were created in response to marijuana, particularly synthetic marijuana, tainted with anticoagulants often found in rodent poisons.
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The Outdoor Falls query is designed to capture falls that occur outdoors within approximately 48 hours of the encounter and excludes activities more likely to result in a fall or intentionally caused the fall (e.g., hockey or assault). It is inclusive for all age groups and while it can be used year-round, it may be most beneficial during or after extreme weather or after human-caused events (e.g., stage collapse and panic results in falls).
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To identify and review visits of patients who had a change of taste and/or smell before or during their time at a facility.
Please see attached technical brief for additional information including inclusion and exclusion criteria.
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To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in identifying and monitoring visits in the emergency department (ED) and urgent care (UC) settings diagnosed with influenza.
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To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in identifying visits in the emergency department (ED) and urgent care (UC) settings diagnosed with COVID-19.
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This definition is intended to capture visits related to acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). The definition should capture visits with an AFM-related discharge diagnosis code or free-text mention.
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The Discharge Diagnosis Parsed Free Text field and Chief Complaint History field are used to query discharge diagnosis codes and free text, respectively, with exclusions separately applied to Chief Complaint History, Triage Notes Orig, and CCDD Parsed, to develop the syndrome definition.