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  • Proposed ICD–10–CM Surveillance Case Definitions for Injury Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits

    Content Type: Report

    National Health Statistics Reports, Number 100, January 23, 2017. Abstract This report describes a collaboration between the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control to… read more
    … for injury hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits for use with administrative data sets coded using the … diagnosis) codes. The inclusion criteria for an injury ED visit requires the case to have either a principal diagnosis … for injury hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits for use with administrative data sets coded using the …
  • Comparison of Aberration Detection Algorithms for Biosurveillance Systems

    Content Type: Abstract

    Use of robust and broadly applicable statistical alerting methods is essential for a public health Biosurveillance system. We compared several algorithms related to the Early Aberration Reporting System C2 (adaptive control chart) method for… read more
    … effects and the total daily volume of facility visits. Adjustment for the total visit volume allows monitoring of surrogate rates instead of … to compare different ways of adjusting for total facility visits and background day-of-week effects. 4 views Submitted …
  • The NGram CC Classifier: A Novel Method of Automatically Creating CC Classifiers Based on ICD9 Groupings

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which assign patient chief complaints (CC) to syndromes. ICD9 code data may also be used to develop visit classifiers for syndromic surveillance but… read more
    … Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which … to syndromes. ICD9 code data may also be used to develop visit classifiers for syndromic surveillance but the ICD9 … applies the ICD9 classifier to a training set of ED visits for which both the CC and ICD9 code are known. A …
  • CDC Benzodiazepine v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected benzodiazepine overdoses. How it was developed:… read more
    … indicating a benzodiazepine poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. Automatic inclusion (no): If the ED visit does not include a diagnosis codes for benzodiazepine poisoning, then the visit is not automatically included. The visit is captured …
  • Automated detection of data entry errors in a real time surveillance system

    Content Type: Abstract

    Real-Time Biosurveillance Program (RTBP) introduces modern surveillance technology to health departments in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu, India. Triage data from each patient visit (basic demographics, signs, symptoms, preliminary… read more
    … and Tamil Nadu, India. Triage data from each patient visit (basic demographics, signs, symptoms, preliminary … to a central database using the RTBP mobile phone application. It is done by medical professionals in … and Tamil Nadu, India.1 Triage data from each patient visit (basic demographics, signs, symptoms, preliminary …
  • CDC Heroin Overdose v4

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected heroin overdoses. How it was developed: CDC… read more
    … code indicating a heroin poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. Automatic inclusion (no): If the ED visit does not include a diagnosis code for heroin poisoning, then the visit is not automatically included. The visit is captured …
  • CDC Stimulant Overdose v3

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected stimulant overdoses. How it was developed: CDC… read more
    … code indicating a stimulant poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. Automatic inclusion (no): If the ED visit does not include a diagnosis code for stimulant poisoning, then the visit is not automatically included. The visit is captured …
  • ICD-10-CM Conversion

    Content Type: References

    Curated list of documents supporting the transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS. For more information about the project, visit the project description page on… read more
    … to ICD-10-CM/PCS. For more information about the project, visit the project description page on … 2480 South 3850 West, Suite B Salt Lake City, Utah 84120 Phone: 800-626-2633 Fax: 801-236-2258 Step 6: Train Train … diagnosis code to indicate the trimester for which the visit is being billed: 1st trimester: less than 14 weeks 0 …