This page is intended to provide information regarding surveillance case definitions for ICD-10-CM coded hospitalizations and emergency department visits, published in the form of CDC National Health Statistics Reports.

CSTE Injury Policy Briefs endorsing these reports will be posted here as they are approved for publication.

Hospitalization

• Hedegaard H, Johnson RL. An updated International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–10–CM) surveillance case definition for injury hospitalizations. National Health Statistics Reports; no 125. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2019.
• https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr125-508.pdf

Emergency Department

• Hedegaard H, Garnett MF, Johnson RL, Thomas KE. A revised ICD–10–CM surveillance case definition for injury-related emergency department visits. National Health Statistics Reports; no 164. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2021.
• DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:109050