Infectious Disease

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To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits related to Measles.

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The definition uses both chief complaint and discharge diagnosis to pull visits associated with measles. The definition searches for terms and typos related to “Measles” or “Rubeola” as well as ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes and SNOMED concepts related to measles.

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This definition intends to capture emergency department visits for asthma with acute exacerbation, asthma attacks, bronchospasm, status asthmaticus, and severe asthma.

How it was developed: 

The CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) team and SMEs from the CDC Asthma and Air Quality Branch worked with four jurisdictions (CO, KY, Polk Co. FL, NM) to pilot a v1 definition using ED data.

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To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits related to Pertussis (Pertussis v2 CCDD Parsed) and diagnosed with Pertussis (Pertussis v2 DD).

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