Table 3 Health information used for respiratory syndrome and influenza-like illness coding and respective code distribution in 2009
Data source | Syndrome | Health information codes | Code distribution 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EMD-AT | respiratory syndrome | AMPDS v12.0 | Boolean operator : OR | N | % |
6C1 | Breathing problems - Abnormal breathing | 465 | 26.9 | ||
6C1A | Breathing problems - abnormal breathing + asthma | 71 | 4.1 | ||
6D1 | Breathing problems - Not alerting | 750 | 43.3 | ||
6D1A | Breathing problems - not alerting + asthma | 230 | 13.3 | ||
6D2 | Breathing problems - Difficulty in speaking between breaths | 22 | 1.3 | ||
6D2A | Breathing problems - difficulty in speaking between breaths + asthma | 4 | 0.2 | ||
6D3 | Breathing problems - changing colour | 154 | 8.9 | ||
6D3A | Breathing problems - changing colour + asthma | 31 | 1.8 | ||
6D4 | Breathing problems - clammy | - | - | ||
6D4A | Breathing problems - clammy + asthma | - | - | ||
26A4 | Sick person - Fever/chills | 4 | 0.2 | ||
26O26 | Sick person - Sore throat (without difficulty breathing or swallowing) | - | - | ||
Total | 1731 | 100.0 | |||
EP-AT | ILI* | ICD-10 | Boolean operator : OR | ||
J00 | Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold] | 1 | 1.6 | ||
J02 | Acute pharyngitis (includes sore throat) | - | - | ||
J04 | Acute laryngitis and tracheitis | 3 | 4.7 | ||
J06 | Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites | 8 | 12.5 | ||
J09 | Avian Influenza | - | - | ||
J10 | Influenza due to other identified influenza virus | 1 | 1.6 | ||
J11 | Influenza, virus not identified | 8 | 12.5 | ||
J16 | Pneumonia due to other infectious organisms, not elsewhere classified | 3 | 4.7 | ||
J18 | Pneumonia, organism unspecified | 28 | 43.8 | ||
R05 | Cough | 3 | 4.7 | ||
R50 | Fever of other and unknown origin | 9 | 14.1 | ||
Total | 64 | 100.0 | |||
EP-BE | ILI* | ICD-9 | Boolean operator : OR | ||
460 | Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold] | 22 | 1.2 | ||
462 | Pharyngitis, acute | - | - | ||
464 | Acute laryngitis and tracheitis | - | - | ||
464.0 | Acute laryngitis | - | - | ||
464.1 | Acute tracheitis | - | - | ||
464.2 | Acute laryngotracheitis | - | - | ||
465 | Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple or unspecified sites | - | - | ||
465.0 | Acute laryngopharyngitis | - | - | ||
465.8 | Acute upper respiratory infections of other multiple sites | - | - | ||
465.9 | Acute upper respiratory infections of unspecified site | - | - | ||
480.9 | Viral pneumonia unspecified | 56 | 3.0 | ||
488 | Influenza due to certain identified influenza viruses | - | - | ||
488.0 | Influenza due to identified avian influenza virus | - | - | ||
488.1 | Influenza due to identified novel h1n1 influenza virus | - | - | ||
487 | Influenza | - | - | ||
487.0 | Influenza with pneumonia | - | - | ||
487.1 | Influenza with other respiratory manifestations | - | - | ||
487.8 | Influenza with other manifestations | 109 | 5.9 | ||
486 | Pneumonia organism unspecified | 986 | 53.2 | ||
786.2 | Cough | 63 | 3.4 | ||
780.6 | Fever and other physiologic disturbances of temperature regulation | 618 | 33.3 | ||
Total | 1854 | 100.0 | |||
ED-BE | ILI* | chief complaint or working diagnosis, Boolean operator : OR | |||
free text including | cough, muscle pain, flu, H1N1, sore throat, influenza, fever | na† | na† | ||
Total | 5681 | 100.0 | |||
ED-ES | ILI* | case definition, Boolean operator : AND | |||
i) the appearance of sudden symptoms and at least one of the four general symptoms (fever or slight fever (feverishness), headache, muscle pain, general malaise), and (ii) at least one of the three respiratory symptoms (cough, sore throat, difficulty breathing), as well as (iii) the absence of other diagnostic suspicion. | 1127 | 100.0 | |||
Total $ | 1127 | 100.0 | |||