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  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: The purpose of this definition is to assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in detecting and monitoring trends of suspected sex trafficking among emergency departments… read more
    … Arizona, Michigan, New Mexico, and Illinois classified visits into true and false positives and ‘unknown’ and … or sexual exploitation discharge diagnosis codes: The visit is included if it contains any of the following discharge diagnosis codes: 1. T74.5- Forced sexual …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Definition Purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in identifying emergency department (ED) visits for suspected suicide attempts. The definition can be used to supplement case-finding using… read more
    … practitioners in identifying emergency department (ED) visits for suspected suicide attempts. The definition can be … on suicidal intent as the definition included ED visits due to non-suicidal self-harm. ED-SNSRO recipients … self-harms, were included in v1 but not in v2. Following recommendations from the Colorado Tri-County …
  • Content Type: Abstract

    In 2014, CDC started receiving an increase in reports of children in the United States with unexplained limb weakness or paralysis (120 total cases). These children were later confirmed by neurology experts to have a rare condition called acute… read more
    … occurred and what has caused most of the AFM cases. The lack of AFM knowledge has made preventing AFM, finding … occurred and what has caused most of the AFM cases. The lack of AFM knowledge has made preventing AFM, finding … occurred and what has caused most of the AFM cases. The lack of AFM knowledge has made preventing AFM, finding …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Definition Purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department visits for suspected stimulant overdoses.New or Revised Definition: Revision in CDC Stimulants v3Version Date… read more
    … health practitioners in monitoring emergency department visits for suspected stimulant overdoses. New or Revised … intent stimulant poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome definition. … that these codes were not identifying acute overdose visits and instead were being coded correctly as stimulant …
  • Content Type: Report

    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 2022 Syndromic… read more
    …  from  December 6-8, 2022.  The event was held during the following dates and times: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 – …  from  December 6-8, 2022.  The event was held during the following dates and times: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 – …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Definition Purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department visits for suspected overdoses of any drug.New or Revised Definition: Revision in CDC All Drug v2Version Date… read more
    … health practitioners in monitoring emergency department visits for suspected overdoses of any drug. New or Revised … (as necessary). • Automatic inclusion: o The ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome definition … complaint text. • Conditional inclusion: o If the ED visits does not include a diagnosis code for drug poisoning, …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Definition Purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected fentanyl overdoses.New or Revised Definition: NewDate Added to ESSENCE: December 6… read more
    … practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected fentanyl overdoses. New or Revised … or undetermined intent. The query uses two fields from ED visit records to identify encounters that meet the … instances, the visit is captured only if it includes the following two components and no exclusion terms: chief …
  • Content Type: Messaging Standard

    This document provides testing clarification for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic… read more
    … 6 3.2 Facility / Visit Type … 3.2 Facility / Visit Type The implementation guide lists an incorrect … code(1108-0) and coding system (HSLOC) for Facility/Visit Type. It should be 261QE0002X and NUCC. Example OBX …