Agreement between hospital discharge diagnosis codes and medical records to identify metastatic colorectal cancer and associated comorbidities in elderly patients.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respe.2017.03.132
Abstract: BACKGROUND Quality of coding to identify cancers and comorbidities through the French hospital diagnosis database (Programme de médicalisation des systèmes d'information, PMSI) has been little investigated. Agreement between medical records and PMSI database was evaluated… read more here.
Keywords: agreement; mcrc; diagnosis codes; diagnosis ... See more keywords
Derivation and external validation of risk stratification models for severe maternal morbidity using prenatal encounter diagnosis codes
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DOI: 10.1038/s41372-021-01072-z
Abstract: We sought to develop a prediction model using prenatal diagnosis codes that could help clinicians objectively stratify a women’s risk for delivery-related morbidity. We performed a prospective cohort study of women delivering at a single… read more here.
Keywords: risk; diagnosis codes; using prenatal; model ... See more keywords
Development and Validation of a Natural Language Processing Tool to Identify Patients Treated for Pneumonia across VA Emergency Departments
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DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1626725
Abstract: BACKGROUND Identifying pneumonia using diagnosis codes alone may be insufficient for research on clinical decision making. Natural language processing (NLP) may enable the inclusion of cases missed by diagnosis codes. OBJECTIVES This article (1) develops… read more here.
Keywords: diagnosis codes; validation; diagnosis; natural language ... See more keywords
Validation of ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes for Gestational Age at Birth
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DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001557
Abstract: Background: The International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) introduced diagnosis codes for week of gestation. Our objective was to assess the validity of these codes among live births, which could have major… read more here.
Keywords: gestational age; diagnosis codes; birth certificate; age ... See more keywords
Can diagnostic codes in health-care claims data identify confirmed chlamydial and gonococcal infections? A retrospective cohort study, 2003-2017.
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DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000001454
Abstract: BACKGROUND Because most sources of administrative claims data do not contain laboratory result data, researchers rely on diagnosis codes to identify cases of disease. The validity of using diagnosis codes to identify chlamydial and gonococcal… read more here.
Keywords: gonococcal infections; diagnosis; diagnosis codes; test results ... See more keywords
Validation of discharge diagnosis codes to identify serious infections among middle age and older adults
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020857
Abstract: Objectives Hospitalisations for serious infections are common among middle age and older adults and frequently used as study outcomes. Yet, few studies have evaluated the performance of diagnosis codes to identify serious infections in this… read more here.
Keywords: diagnosis codes; diagnosis; among middle; serious infections ... See more keywords
Diagnosis codes overestimate the burden of prostate cancer cases.
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DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.6_suppl.072
Abstract: 72 Background: Identifying cancer cases within the electronic health record (EHR) or claims data can be challenging because diagnosis codes are often entered into patient records during routine screenings or as “rule out” diagnosis codes… read more here.
Keywords: prostate cancer; diagnosis; nlp tools; pca ... See more keywords