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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 07, 2023
Accession Number
AD1204754

Entities

People

  • Anna Renner
  • Bruce Jones H Mph
  • Michelle Chervak

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Body Regions
  • Bone Fractures
  • Data Sets
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diseases
  • Energy Transfer
  • Health
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Injury Prevention
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Occupational Safety And Health
  • Pain
  • Public Health
  • Therapy
  • Wounds And Injuries

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.

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