E-Codes

Policy Statements Policy statements and clinical policies are the official policies of the American College of Emergency Physicians and, as such, are not subject to the same peer review process as articles appearing in the journal. Policy statements and clinical policies of ACEP do not necessarily reflect the policies and beliefs of Annals of Emergency Medicine and its editors.

ACEP Board of Directors September 1990 and reaffirmed October 1998. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.01.005

E-Codes Reaffirmed by the ACEP Board of Directors September 2003.

Ban on Land Mines Reaffirmed by the ACEP Board of Directors September 2003.

Appropriate Interhospital Patient Transfer Revised and approved by the ACEP Board of Directors February 2002.

Code of Ethics for Emergency Physicians Reaffirmed by the ACEP Board of Directors October 2001.

Legal Sanctions and Rehabilitation for Driving Under the Influence Approved by the ACEP Board of Directors January 2004.

E-Codes [Ann Emerg Med. 2004;43:685.]

The American College of Emergency Physicians supports the development of adequate injury data and surveillance systems and encourages the routine collection of E-Codes as an essential component of injury data and surveillance systems. Reaffirmed by the ACEP Board of Directors September 2003. This policy statement replaces Council Resolution CR016 with the same name originally approved by the

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