How accurate is ICD coding for epilepsy?

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-69

  Jetté, Nathalie ^a   Reid, Aylin Y ^a   Quan, Hude ^a,b   Hill, Michael D ^a   Wiebe, Samuel ^a  

^a Department of Clinical Neurosciences ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; International classification of diseases; Surveillance; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CODING; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL RECORDS DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 76249127432     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02201.x     Document Type: Article

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