AAAM is able to issue internal licenses to organizations wishing to incorporate ICDMap into their internal information systems for use by employees for use for administrative purposes e.g. health records management. Companies wishing to obtain an internal license are asked to provide the following information and send this to info@aaam.org Name and address of organization.
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If your organization is planning to use ICDMap for non-commercial or research purposes, then you may qualify for a license for non-commercial research use.
No organization or agency outside of AAAM can issue ICDMap licenses to suppliers to the public or non-public sector. If you intend to sell your product that contains AIS copyrighted material, then you will require a license from AAAM.
The ICDMaps can be purchased at the AAAM online store.
To a large extent, the ICD to AIS mapping is validated by design, since it was constructed using expert coders and faculty members of AIS as well as members that have extensive ICD experience. During development, it was thoroughly analyzed and tested by the technical mapping group. From this perspective, the AAAM developed map is
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AAAM is evaluating the need for the development of a short course on the use of the ICDMap – when available, it will be provided on-demand through online training, designed for self-learning and classroom use. Consult the following references for additional details: (1) Zonfrillo MR, Weaver AA, Gillich PJ, Price JP, Stitzel JD. New methodology
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One of the major outcomes of the AAAM project to examine and create maps to ICD was that the expert group of performers identified that the most resolution that can be provided for any ICD-to-AIS map was ICD code to AIS severity, ISS body region and AIS chapter. This outcome resolution is sufficient to calculate
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The mapping tool platform is dependent on you as the end-user. AAAM provides the maps through a set of data tables in order to keep the methodology as generic as possible and be universally adaptable to individuals’ various needs. The current format is in MS Excel which can be changed by the user to comma separated
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There are two fundamental maps that were generated concurrently to use ICD codes to map to AIS. The first one is the “Serious Injury” or dichotomous map that meets the requirements of the injury health community and others to report on serious injury using AIS severity. This map is available with the purchase of
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The ICDmap was developed by an AAAM technical mapping group consisting of experts trained in the WHO ICD Revisions and ICD country modifications, and the application of the AIS including trainers from the International Faculty. Members of the group are qualified in nursing, health information management, biomedicine, classification, data management and clinical research. Several members
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