Self-Inflicted Injury Definition Updated on Mental Health Dashboard
The self-inflicted injury indicator available on the Mental Health Dashboard was updated in February 2025 to remove the ICD-10-CM code Z91.52, Personal history of nonsuicidal self-harm. This code was added to the ICD-10-CM standard with an effective date on October … Read more
Firearm Injury in North Carolina: Pervasive but Preventable
Firearm violence continues to be a topic of concern for many Americans, and North Carolina is no exception. In 2021, 1,839 persons were killed by firearm violence in North Carolina, making it the state with the 8th highest fatality rate … Read more
Responding to a Proposal to Change the Default Intent Coding for Firearm Injury
With approval from the American Hospital Association (AHA) and American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) publish annual ICD-10-CM coding guidelines that provide HIPAA-required instructions … Read more
Comparing Intent Behind Youth and Adult Firearm Injury and Deaths
In 2020, firearms surpassed motor vehicle crashes to become the leading cause of death among youth under age 20 in the United States (Goldstick et. al, 2022). The rate of youth firearm deaths increased by 29% in 2020 and a … Read more
Understanding suicidal ideation & self-harm in NC Emergency Departments
by Katie Harmon As part of an APHA/CDC funded project to incorporate data science methods into public health surveillance methods, a team from the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center characterized NC DETECT Emergency Department (ED) visits related to suicidal ideation … Read more
Firearm Injury Surveillance Webinar Recording Posted
The recording for our February 21, 2023 webinar on the use of NC DETECT and the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System Dashboard for firearm injury surveillance is now available on our training page. NC DETECT has firearm injury indicators … Read more
Investigating Emergency Department Utilization in the Year Prior to Firearm Death in NC
In 2020, more than 45,000 people in the United States sustained fatal firearm-injuries, accounting for 53% of suicides and 49% of homicides (CDC). More people suffer nonfatal firearm-related injuries than die, and these injuries often result in long-term health consequences … Read more
Announcing the Release of the NC Transportation Safety and Public Health Data Dashboard
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Carolina Center for Health Informatics and Injury Prevention Research Center recently collaborated with the North Carolina Division of Public Health’s Injury and Violence Prevention Branch to launch the NC Transportation Safety and … Read more
Using NC DETECT for Motor Vehicle Crash Injury Surveillance: Recording Now Available
The recording for our webinar on using NC DETECT for Motor Vehicle Crash Injury Surveillance is now available on our training page. This 40-minute webinar shares tips on using emergency department (ED) and EMS data from NC DETECT for motor … Read more
Using NC DETECT to Monitor Covid-like Illness (CLI)
The NC Division of Public Health now has a weekly surveillance report that shows weekly trends in covid-like illness (CLI*) at statewide and regional levels. Authorized NC DETECT users can view CLI trends at the county level using the the … Read more