Validity of Information on Comorbidity Derived From ICD-9-CCM Administrative Data

By Hude Quan, Gerry A. Parsons, W. Ghali. Medical Care, 2002

615 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Health Information Management

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Citations in the corpus

• Noncardiac comorbidity increases preventable hospitalizations and mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with chronic heart failure. (2003, background): “Whereas ICD-9 codings for chronic conditions can have variable sensitivity, the specificity of this method to identify a condition is typically exceptional, with levels exceeding 96% (36).”
• Perioperative beta-blocker therapy and mortality after major noncardiac surgery. (2005, neutral): “Teaching 142,165 (21) 29,196 (24) 112,969 (21) 20.”