Assessing the validity of ICD-10 administrative data in coding comorbidities.

Journal: BMJ health & care informatics
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Administrative data are commonly used to inform chronic disease prevalence and support health informatic research. This study assessed the validity of coding comorbidities in the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) administrative data.

Authors

  • Jie Pan
  • Seungwon Lee
    Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Cheligeer Cheligeer
    The Centre for Health Informatics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Bing Li
  • Guosong Wu
    Centre for Health Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Catherine A Eastwood
    Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Yuan Xu
    Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.
  • Hude Quan
    Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.