ICD-10 hospital discharge diagnosis codes were sensitive for identifying pulmonary embolism but not deep vein thrombosis

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 790-797

  Casez, Pierre ^a   Labarère, José ^b   Sevestre, Marie Antoinette ^c   Haddouche, Myriam ^a   Courtois, Xavier ^d   Mercier, Sandrine ^e   Lewandowski, Elisabeth ^c   Fauconnier, Jérôme ^a   François, Patrice ^b   Bosson, Jean Luc ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Centre Hospitalier de la Region d'Annecy   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CHAMBÉRY   (France)

Author keywords

Hospitals; International classification of diseases; Medical record systems, computerized; Pulmonary embolism; Sensitivity; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77952427478     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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