77 Ill. Adm. Code 840.310
Methods of Reporting Occupational Disease
Section 840
Section 840.310Â Methods of
Reporting Occupational Disease
a)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â All registered, permitted, or licensed hospital laboratories,
clinical laboratories, local health authorities or other facilities shall
provide the Department with information on elevated blood lead level cases
within seven business days after receipt of the results.
b)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Health
care providers' offices shall provide the Department with information on
elevated blood lead level cases upon request of the Department or local health
department.
c)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Any person, clinical or hospital laboratory, hospital, or
other facility required to report to the Department the occupational diseases specified
in this Section, shall use the following terminology to indicate a reportable
occupational disease:
1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Probable;
2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Consistent with;
3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Compatible with;
4)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Suspected;
5)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Extension or invasion "to", "onto", "into",
"out onto".
d)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â If the following terminology would be used to report an occupational
disease specified by the Department to be collected and submitted, the disease
shall be interpreted as not being necessary for reporting to the Department:
1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Questionable;
2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Possible;
3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Suggests;
4)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Equivocal;
5)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Rule out;
6)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Very close to;
7)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Worrisome.
e)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Determination of whether a given condition is reportable shall
be made by the use of the International Classification of Diseases – 10
th
Revision – Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes.
f)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The specified diagnoses of occupationally related diseases that
shall be collected from existing IDPH databases:
1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Asbestosis, ICD-10-CM code J61;
2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis, ICD-10-CM code J60;
3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lead Poisoning - (Elevated Blood Lead Level), ICD-10-CM code
T56.0X; and
4)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Silicosis, ICD-10-CM code J62.
g)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â All existing IDPH databases will use the ICD-10-CM codes specified
in subsection (f) for consistency of data collection.