ICD-10-CM/AIS Mapping Software
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Request for information; reopening of comment period.
Citation: "79 FR 49372"
Document Number: "Docket No. NHTSA-2014-0062"
Page Number: "49372"
"Notices"
SUMMARY: This document announces the reopening of the comment period on a Request for Information (RFI) regarding the potential development of a mapping software to translate the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) discharge diagnoses into Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) pre-dot codes, injury descriptors, and severity scores. The original
DATES: The comment period for the
ADDRESSES:
Comments: You may submit comments [identified by Docket Number NHTSA-2014-0062] by any of the following methods:
* Internet: To submit comments electronically, go to the
* Fax: Written comments may be faxed to 202-493-2251.
* Mail: Send comments to Docket Management Facility,
* Hand Delivery: If you plan to submit written comments by hand or courier, please do so at
* You may call Docket Management at 1-800-647-5527.
Instructions: For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional information see the Comments heading of the Supplementary Information section of this document. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about the program discussed herein, contact
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
On
The "Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century" Act (MAP-21), signed into law on
The DOT seeks comments and information from the public sector, private sector, and academic communities concerning the potential development of ICD-10-CM/AIS mapping software that would address the issues described in this
1. Is there a need for a mapping tool that translates ICD-10-CM codes to the AIS standard?
2. Is there a need for an updated mapping tool that translates ICD-9-CM codes to the AIS standard?
3. Are any steps currently being taken to develop a mapping tool?
4. What capabilities should such a mapping tool possess?
5. What platforms should the mapping tool run on?
6. Should the mapping tool be non-proprietary?
Injury data enables epidemiologists, researchers, and policymakers to better identify the severity of injuries in addition to where, when, and why they occur. This data is, however, frequently spread among discrete databases that are difficult to link to each other or to injury causation data. The ability to link these datasets together is thus critical to efforts to understand injury trends, set injury prevention priorities, identify high risk populations and geographic areas, and develop targeted injury prevention strategies. The DOT, however, is particularly interested in forging and maintaining links among vehicle crash and injury datasets as such links can provide more complete information and better understanding of crash outcomes.
State trauma registry and hospital discharge databases are two of the more significant sources of injury data. Trauma registries are designed to collect large amounts of information about the most seriously injured patients and are not typically used for injury surveillance purposes on their own. Hospital discharge datasets are designed primarily to monitor hospital census, utilization, and financial information but record enough information--like diagnosis codes and external cause/E-codes--to make them useful injury surveillance tools. In addition, the pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS) patient care reports, compliant with the National EMS Information System (NEMSIS) Standard, may be helpful, as they can serve as good link between the crash data and hospital data. NEMSIS data is submitted to the state level by local EMS agencies, and the collective statewide data is submitted to the National EMS Database. The most effective linkage point at this time is at the State level.
These datasets are generally coded using different methodologies. Trauma registries use the Abbreviated Injury Scale while hospitals and emergency departments use the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems for diagnosis, reporting, and billing.
The Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS), developed by the
The maximum AIS (MAIS) severity level is a recognized person-level injury severity indicator. For example, the
Maintained by the
In the early 90's researchers at
While the ICDMAP-generated results are not as precise as those derived by clinicians in trauma registries, this approach has been validated and yields good sensitivity in estimating severity for studying the larger universe of injury hospitalizations. Translating ICD codes to AIS allows all crash-involved injuries to be compiled and analyzed in terms of AIS and MAIS severity. When linked to causal information--State crash databases, for example--ICD codes can be used to improve measurement of crash-related injury severity.
There is not, however, currently any known software or service capable of translating between ICD-10-CM and AIS. Once hospitals transition to the ICD-10-CM, combining these two sets of injury data will no longer be possible, and analyses will be less complete and less useful. Significant effort is needed to develop a mapping tool that will enable mapping of ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes with the corresponding AIS severity codes.
RFI Guidelines
Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract or issue a grant. Information obtained as a result of this
Comments
How do I prepare and submit comments?
Your comments must be written and in English. To ensure that your comments are correctly filed in the Docket, please include the Docket number of this document (NHTSA-2014-0062) in your comments.
Your primary comments must not be more than 15 pages long (49 CFR 553.21). However, you may attach additional documents to your primary comments. There is no limit on the length of the attachments.
Please submit one copy of your comments, including the attachments, to Docket Management at the address given above under ADDRESSES.
Please note that pursuant to the Data Quality Act, in order for substantive data to be relied upon and used by the agency, it must meet the information quality standards set forth in the OMB and DOT Data Quality Act guidelines. Accordingly, we encourage you to consult the guidelines in preparing your comments. OMB's guidelines may be accessed at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg_reproducible. DOT's guidelines may be accessed at http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/subject_areas/statistical_policy_and_research/data_quality_guidelines/index.html.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the
How can I be sure that my comments were received?
If you wish Docket Management to notify you upon its receipt of your comments, enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard in the envelope containing your comments. Upon receiving your comments, Docket Management will return the postcard by mail. You may also periodically access http://www.regulations.gov and enter the number for this docket (NHTSA-2014-0062) to see if your comments are on line.
How do I submit confidential business information?
If you wish to submit any information under a claim of confidentiality, you should submit three copies of your complete submission, including the information you claim to be confidential business information, to the Chief Counsel, NHTSA,
Will the agency consider late comments?
In our response, we will consider all comments that Docket Management receives before the close of business on the comment closing date indicated above under DATES. To the extent possible, we will also consider comments that Docket Management receives after that date.
How can I read the comments submitted by other people?
You may read the comments received by Docket Management at the address given above under ADDRESSES. The hours of the Docket are indicated above in the same location.
You may also see the comments on the Internet. To read the comments on the Internet, take the following steps:
(1) Go to the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at http://www.regulations.gov.
(2) FDMS provides two basic methods of searching to retrieve dockets and docket materials that are available in the system: (a) "Quick Search" to search using a full-text search engine, or (b) "Advanced Search," which displays various indexed fields such as the docket name, docket identification number, phase of the action, initiating office, date of issuance, document title, document identification number, type of document,
(3) You may download the comments. However, since the comments are imaged documents, instead of word processing documents, the "pdf" versions of the documents are word searchable.
Please note that even after the comment closing date, we will continue to file relevant information in the Docket as it becomes available. Further, some people may submit late comments. Accordingly, we recommend that you periodically check the Docket for new material.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30181-83 delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 501.8.
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