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  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose:This query is intended to identify visits in the emergency department (ED) with diagnostic codes and/or chief complaints associated with a broad range of self-harm injuries and/or behavior. This includes codes (… read more
    … labeled as Chief Complaint Updates when exported from ESSENCE) and the Discharge Diagnosis Parsed field are used … had suicidal or nonsuicidal intent. Date Added to ESSENCE: December 2025 Use-Cases for Definition: … are in line with the intention of the query 7 Table 2. ESSENCE syntax, Self Harm v1 Run on Discharge Diagnosis …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Definition Purpose: Created in collaboration between subject matter experts from the CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) and CDC Viral Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch (VVPDB)’s mumps program for use with emergency… read more
    … or Revised Definition: Revised Definition Date Added to ESSENCE: October 2025 Definition Description: Designed to … Chief Complaint Query Validation dataset (CCQV) in ESSENCE. Mumps v2 Definition Factsheet & Technical Brief … terms. These terms were formatted for querying in ESSENCE. 4. Text analysis was conducted on the initial query …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: This definition aims to detect emergency department (ED) visits for Lyme carditis in areas where Lyme disease is common. Lyme carditis occurs when Lyme disease spirochetes (bacteria) invade heart tissue. To fit… read more
    … incidence. New or Revised Definition: New Date Added to ESSENCE: 2026 Use-Cases for Definition: Case-finding: … COMPLETE HEART DEGREE BLOCK DEGREE HEART 7 Table 2. ESSENCE syntax for the Lyme Carditis definition, with Clause … query was converted to Parsed language prior to adding to ESSENCE. The original query syntax that was used for …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for heat-related illness.Definition description: The Heat… read more
    … Definition: Revision of Heat-Related Illness v1 Added to ESSENCE: April 2019 Definition Description: The Heat-Related … OF THE MOMENT CONTACT WITH OTHER HEAT AND HOT Table 2. ESSENCE syntax, Heat-Related Illness v2 (,^[;/ …