The inaccuracy of ICD-9-CM Code 530.2 for identifying patients with Barrett's esophagus

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 452-456

  Jacobson, Brian C ^a   Gerson, L B ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; ICD 9 CM; International classification of diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 48649106276     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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