Case Definitions for Data Analysis and Health Reports

Standard surveillance case definitions used by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) for routine surveillance and reporting. These case definitions have been designed for use with administrative healthcare data derived from the US military electronic health record (EHR) and contained in the Defense Medical Surveillance System (DMSS) and other available datasets.

Table of Contents

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. CASE DEFINITIONS
    1.0 ALLERGY
    2.0 CARDIOVASCULAR
    3.0 DENTAL
    4.0 DERMATOLOGY
    5.0 EAR, NOSE, THROAT
    6.0 ENDOCRINOLOGY
    7.0 GASTROENTEROLOGY
    8.0 GENITOURINARY
    9.0 GYNECOLOGY
    10.0 HEMATOLOGY
    11.0 INFECTIOUS DISEASE
    12.0 MENTAL HEALTH
    13.0 NEUROLOGY
    14.0 ONCOLOGY
    15.0 OPHTHALMOLOGY
    16.0 ORTHOPEDICS
    NEW - Amputations, Deployment-Related
    17.0 PULMONOLOGY
    18.0 RHEUMATOLOGY
    19.0 SURGICAL PROCEDURES
    20.0 MISCELLANEOUS
  3. LIST OF ACRONYMS
  4. REFERENCE LIST