Wisconsin State Trauma Registry

Inclusion Criteria

August, 2003

Level I, II, III, and IV trauma centers will submit data from their trauma registries for all patients meeting the following criteria:

· ICD-9 discharge diagnosis 800.00 – 959.9

Excluding 905-909 (late effects of injury)

Excluding 910-924 (blisters, contusions, abrasions, insect bites)

Excluding 930-939 (foreign bodies)

Excluding drowning, unless consequence of MVC

Excluding strangulation/asphyxiation

Excluding poisoning or drug overdose

Excluding falls from same level resulting in isolated closed distal extremity
fracture or isolated hip fracture

AND admitted to the hospital or transferred to another facility for trauma care

OR

· DOA transported to hospital

· Injury-related death in the ED or after hospital admission

· Facility-specified trauma response has been activated

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