State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) Coding Manual: Version 6.3: 11/28/2022

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.). Division of Overdose Prevention ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevetion (U.S.)
• Description:
  The intent of SUDORS is to capture all drug overdose deaths of unintentional and undetermined intent. Below are some considerations to keep in mind when using these Coding Manuals:
  
  • The SUDORS Coding Manual provides coding guidance on drug overdose-specific variables contained in the overdose, or OD, tab. These variables are not addressed in the NVDRS coding manual.
  
  • In order to capture information on key aspects of drug overdoses, the SUDORS Coding Manual provides additional guidance on some variables on the Demographics, Injury and Death, and Circumstances tabs, and extensive guidance on completing the Toxicology tab. This additional guidance is intended to complement and extend the NVDRS guidance; however, if guidance from NVDRS and SUDORS appear to be in direct opposition, please contact the Overdose Surveillance helpdesk (ODSurveillance@cdc.gov) and copy your CDC support team (Project Officer [PO]and Mortality Science Officer [SO]) for clarification.
  
  • Drug overdose deaths of undetermined intent are part of the case definitions for both SUDORS and NVDRS and therefore are considered shared cases. All variables required by both programs must be abstracted for these cases, and the guidance of both programs must be followed. As above, please request clarification if guidance appears to conflict.
  
  • The SUDORS and NVDRS Coding Manuals are also available in the Help Wiki that is accessible from within the web-based system. While logged into the system, the Wiki can be accessed via the “Help” option on the blue menu at the top of the page. On the left-hand side within the Wiki, the “SUDORS Resources” option will pull up a page with a link to the most up-to-date version of the SUDORS Coding Manual, and the “Coding Help” option will pull up a page with a link to the most up-to-date version of the NVDRS Coding Manual under the NVDRS Web Coding Manual heading.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Analgesics, Opioid Analgesics, Opioid / Poisoning Cocaine Drug Overdose / Epidemiology Drug Overdose / Mortality Fentanyl Methamphetamine Opiate Overdose Opioid Epidemic Public Health Surveillance
• Keywords:
  Opioid Overdose Epidemic: United States
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevetion (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Manual
• Place as Subject:
  Unted States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
• Division:
  DOP - Division of Overdose Prevention
• Topic:
  Injury, Violence, & Safety
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  158 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Resources
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3da890a23abe101ec2784d09a631a6d906dbfae947451380c6a350ea024376cb4ad1d0736a40026b21d1df57a102304ae402a5fbda9910fc1dba455901af62f1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/256898/cdc_256898_DS1.pdf
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