NEISS Coding Manual January 2019
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NEISS Coding Manual January 2019 NEISS – National Electronic Injury Surveillance System January 2019 Table of Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1 General Instructions ................................................................................................................ 1 General NEISS Reporting Rule................................................................................................ 2 Do Report ............................................................................................................................... 2 Definitions ........................................................................................................................... 2 Do Not Report ........................................................................................................................ 3 Specific Coding Instructions ................................................................................................... 4 Treatment Date ...................................................................................................................... 4 Case Number ......................................................................................................................... 5 Comments/Narrative ............................................................................................................... 5 Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................... 5 Incident Sequence .............................................................................................................. 6 Product Description and Brand Names ............................................................................... 6 Date of Birth ........................................................................................................................... 7 Age ......................................................................................................................................... 7 Sex ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Hispanic ................................................................................................................................. 8 Race ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Diagnosis 1 and 2 ..................................................................................................................10 Diagnosis Coding Priority ...................................................................................................10 Discussion of Selected Diagnoses .........................................................................................13 Anoxia ................................................................................................................................13 Aspirated Foreign Object ...................................................................................................13 Burn Injuries .......................................................................................................................13 Choking .............................................................................................................................13 Dermatitis, Conjunctivitis ....................................................................................................13 Head Injuries ......................................................................................................................14 Ingested Foreign Object .....................................................................................................14 Internal organ injuries ........................................................................................................14 Poisoning ...........................................................................................................................14 Other/Not Stated ................................................................................................................14 Submersion (including Drowning or Near Drowning) ..........................................................15 Body Part 1 and 2 ..................................................................................................................15 Discussion of Body Part Affected for Selected Injuries ..........................................................16 Back Injuries ......................................................................................................................16 Burn Injuries .......................................................................................................................16 Extremity Injuries ...............................................................................................................17 Eye Injuries ........................................................................................................................17 Injury Diagnoses Affecting the Entire Body ........................................................................17 Disposition .............................................................................................................................17 Products Involved (Product 1, Product, Product 3) ................................................................18 Product Information Needed ..............................................................................................19 Assignment of Product Code..............................................................................................19 Specific Product Codes ......................................................................................................19 “Other” or “Not Elsewhere Classified” Products in a Category ............................................20 “Not Specified” Product in a Category ................................................................................21 Product Categories Listed as “Also consider” .....................................................................21 U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission i www.cpsc.gov NEISS – National Electronic Injury Surveillance System January 2019 Products Excluded from a Code .........................................................................................22 Products Included in a Code ..............................................................................................22 Product Parts .....................................................................................................................22 Toys ...................................................................................................................................23 Sports and Games .............................................................................................................23 Poisoning or Chemical Burns to Children Less than 5 Years of Age ..................................23 “New” Product Codes for Consumer Products Not Found in Manual ..................................23 Product Coding for Special Types of Incidents ......................................................................24 Product Fires, including Flammable Fabrics .......................................................................24 House Fires .......................................................................................................................24 Hot Water...........................................................................................................................24 Carbon Monoxide ...............................................................................................................25 Gas Fumes or Gas Vapors of Unknown Origin ..................................................................25 Alcohol ..................................................................................................................................25 Drugs/Medication ..................................................................................................................26 Whether Injury was Intentionally Inflicted ...............................................................................26 Assault/Intentional Injury ....................................................................................................27 Intentionally Self-Inflicted Injury ..........................................................................................27 Legal Intervention ..............................................................................................................27 Unintentional or Unknown Intent ........................................................................................27 Incident Locale ......................................................................................................................28 Home (house, townhouse, apartment, etc.) ........................................................................28 Farm/Ranch .......................................................................................................................28 Street or Highway ..............................................................................................................28 Other public property .........................................................................................................29 Manufactured (Mobile) home .............................................................................................29