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Lyme Carditis v1
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… This definition aims to detect emergency department (ED) visits for Lyme carditis in areas where Lyme disease is … and chief complaint text to identify emergency department visits for patients with Lyme carditis. The definition … 1 indicates visits related to Lyme disease to ensure the visit is consistent with Lyme disease (see Table 1). Clause … -
Heat Related Illness v2
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… practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for heat-related illness. Definition description: … Related Illness v2 definition was designed to identify ED visits for heat-related illness. It is primarily based on … chief complaint term free text. The definition identifies visits with codes or terms indicating visits associated with … -
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Content Type: Syndrome
Definition Purpose: Created by the CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) for use with emergency department data to develop queries for all National Notifiable Diseases defined by the National Notifiable Diseases… read more… case definition as the basis for identifying patient visits of interest, the queried patient visits themselves may or may not represent a case patient in … case definition as the basis for identifying patient visits of interest, the queried patient visits themselves … -
Self Harm v1
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… Query purpose: This query is intended to identify visits in the emergency department (ED) with diagnostic … states that conducted testing (WA, KS, VT, and CO). A visit was confirmed as intentional self-harm by supportive … not related to self-harm (such as follow-up or sequalae visits for previous self-harm, or mental health visits or … -
Mumps V2
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… case definition as the basis for identifying patient visits of interest, the queried patient visits themselves may or may not represent a case patient in … case definition as the basis for identifying patient visits of interest, the queried patient visits themselves … -
Rubella V1
Content Type: Syndrome
Definition Purpose: Created by the CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) for use with emergency department data to develop queries for all National Notifiable Diseases defined by the National Notifiable… read more… case definition as the basis for identifying patient visits of interest, the queried patient visits themselves may or may not represent a case patient in … case definition as the basis for identifying patient visits of interest, the queried patient visits themselves … -
Suspected Human Trafficking v1
Content Type: Syndrome
Query purpose:Human trafficking occurs when a person uses force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of exploitative labor, debt bondage, servitude, or engagement in a commercial sex act (Office on Trafficking in Persons, 2020;… read more… monitoring trends of suspected human trafficking-related visits among emergency departments and ambulatory healthcare … language syntax description: This definition identifies visits to an emergency room where the patient is known or … definition may still capture potential false positive visits related to delusions of trafficking, mentions of …