Advancing Child Maltreatment Data Collection: The Need for Improved Diagnostic Coding and an ICD-11 Preview

Ph.D., is full professor on Child Maltreatment Epidemiology at University of Ulm’s department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / Psychotherapy, Germany, and is staff at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Social Work, Switzerland. His research focuses on service provision in multiple sectors of the child protection system. As the chair of the pan-European network Euro-CAN on Multisectoral Responses to Child Abuse and Neglect in Europe (COST Action 19106) he coordinates 130+ members in 35 countries and their efforts to improve data collection. Andreas Jud is an Associate Editor of Child Abuse & Neglect, the leading international journal in the area of child protection.

Senior Consultant Paediatrician and Medical Director of the Child Protection Team at Uppsala University Children’s Hospital in Uppsala, Sweden and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Barnafrid National Centre on Violence Against Children at the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences at Linköping University. Founding co-chair of the Section on Child Maltreatment of the Swedish Paediatric Society.

Ms. Davidson has over 30 years’ experience with coding and classification systems, revenue integrity, auditing, compliance, data analytics and health information. In her 11 years with Children’s Hospital Association, she is the subject matter expert for coding classification and grouping systems including ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, ICD-11, CPT, MS-DRGs and APR-DRGs. She helps maintain the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) database for all regulatory & coding updates, oversees the monthly PHIS data submission processes and assists CHA members with their coding and DRG related research requests. About Children’s Hospital Association At Children's Hospital Association, we bring together the clinical and administrative leaders of children's hospitals to create meaningful change in children's health care and child health. Through collaboration, improvement, opportunities and advocacy, we can make progress on the issues facing children's hospitals and the communities they serve. As the voice representing more than 200 children’s hospitals in the United States, Children’s Hospital Association improves child health through innovation in the quality, cost, and delivery of care with our member hospitals.