A Standardized Approach to Department of Defense Medical Surveillance of Injuries: Initial Objectives of the Military Injuries Working Group, 2019-2022
Abstract
This technical information paper documents the injury definition, standardized medical injury surveillance reporting format, and medical cause-coding guidance recommended by the Defense Safety and Oversight Council (DSOC) Military Injuries Working Group (MIWG) based on efforts between calendar years (CY) 2019 through 2022, while under the chairmanship of U.S. Army Public Health Center (APHC) (now known as the Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen (DCPH-A). The injury definition includes specified International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) injury diagnosis codes, and the standardized reporting format is demonstrated with CY 2018 Active-Duty (AD) Service member (SM) electronic health record (EHR) data. This report also describes the comparison between medical injury data and CY 2018 safety incident reporting data.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 07, 2023
- Accession Number
- AD1204754
Entities
People
- Anna Renner
- Bruce Jones H Mph
- Michelle Chervak