Signs, Symptoms, and Clinical Manifestations | Core Data Elements for Case Notification
The Signs, Symptoms and Clinical Manifestations (SSCM) data class captures information about the clinical features of a disease, including objective signs observed by a clinician and subjective symptoms reported by the patient. Standardizing the collection of signs and symptoms data ensures consistent reporting across jurisdictions, supports accurate case classification, and strengthens public health surveillance and outbreak response.
The value sets for signs and symptoms will be condition dependent; to account for this, the structure for this data class was designed to be flexible and accommodating varying needs across conditions.
Core Surveillance Data Elements in the Signs, Symptoms and Clinical Manifestations Data Class
For complete definitions, value sets, data structure notes and implementation recommendations, please review the full document drafted by the Data Standardization Working Group (DSWG).