Publications, Guidelines and Codes

Eosinophil-associated Diseases

• A Conceptual Approach to Understanding Treatment Response in Eosinophilic Esophagitis
• 2018  Updated international consensus diagnostic criteria for eosinophilic esophagitis: PPIs better classified as treatment vs. a diagnostic criterion (Outcomes from the AGREE Conference)
• 2011 Consensus Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
• Summary document- 2011 Updated Consensus Recommendations on the diagnosis and management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
• Eosinophilic esophagitis: A practical primer for an atypical disease
• Eosinophilic esophagitis: Guidance document
• White paper AGA: Drug Development for Eosinophilic Esophagitis
• How I Treat Hypereosinophilic Syndromes
• Hypereosinophilic Syndromes Working Group: Approaches to the Treatment of Hypereosinophilic Syndromes

Food Allergy

•    Vaccination in Individuals with Egg Allergy
•    Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy in the United States
•    National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence – Food Allergy Guidelines (UK)

Webinars and Slide Sets

•    Resources from NASPGHAN (North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition)

Dietary Therapy

• Guidance for the nutrition management of gastrointestinal allergy in pediatrics.
• Practical approach to implementing dietary therapy in adults with eosinophilic esophagitis: the Chicago experience.
• Dietary Therapy and Nutrition Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis: A Work Group Report from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Feeding Tubes

• Pediatric Nasogastric Tube Placement and Verification: Best Practice Recommendations From the NOVEL Project

ICD-10-CM Codes for EGIDs

In 2008, APFED wrote and initiated the implementation of ICD-9 codes for EGIDs. On October 1, 2015, these codes were updated with the implementation of the new ICD-10 coding system:

EGIDs
K20.0 Eosinophilic Esophagitis
K52.81 Eosinophilic Gastritis and Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
K52.82 Eosinophilic Colitis

Other Subsets

• Eosinophilic Asthma: J82
  Eosinophilic Cellulitis: L98.3
  Eosinophilic Cystitis:  N30.80
  Eosinophilic Fasciitis: M35.4
  Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, aka Churg-Strauss Syndrome: M30.1
  Eosinophilic Myalgia Syndrome: M35.8
  Eosinophilic Pneumonia: J82
  Hypereosinophilic Syndrome: D72.1
  Eosinophilic Myositis: 729.1