Validity of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision? Clinical Modification codes for acute renal failure

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1688-1694

  Waikar, Sushrut S ^a,f   Wald, Ron ^b,c   Chertow, Glenn M ^d   Curhan, Gary C ^a   Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C ^a   Liangos, Orfeas ^c,e   Sosa, Marie Anne ^e   Jaber, Bertrand L ^c,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CODING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA BASE; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33646925830     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2006010073     Document Type: Article

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