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Pediatric Arthritis Case Definition for Estimating Population PrevalencePediatric Arthritis Case Definition for Surveillance In response to Congressional language in the Arthritis Prevention Control and Cure Act of 2004, which directed CDC to estimate the prevalence of childhood arthritis, the Arthritis Program and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) cohosted a 1-day summit of experts in surveillance, rheumatologists, and key stakeholders in December 2004 to consider the options available for conducting surveillance of pediatric arthritis and making a standardized pediatric case definition for surveillance purposes. It was appreciated at the meeting that considerable disagreement exists among experts about what is a clinical case and how many cases there are. Following that meeting, the Arthritis Program worked with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), ACR, and other stakeholders to refine the approach to surveillance and the case definitions. After a year and a half process of gathering and considering input,
testing possibilities, and consulting with key constituents and
partners, in June 2006 the CDC Arthritis Program finalized a case
definition for ongoing surveillance of pediatric arthritisand other
rheumatologic conditions. The definition is based on selected
ICD-9CM
diagnostic codes
Reference Sacks JJ, Helmick CG, Luo YH, Ilowite NT, Bowyer S. Prevalence of and annual ambulatory health care visits for pediatric arthritis and other rheumatologic conditions in the United States in 2001–2004. Arthritis Care Res 2007;57(8):1439–1445. abstract
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