| Description |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Reference #13)
presentation. As such, we will follow this entity through ICD coding.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) disease is a rare illness associated with
prions. The VA has chosen to follow this entity because of historic problems
with certain blood products in use in both the private and public health care
sectors. The EPI data will be one of a number of ways used to identify changes
in trends of incidence of this illness. This task is remarkably complex because
of the long incubation period of CJD. There are no specific tests for diagnosis
other than central nervous system histology combined with clinical
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