Assessing specific secondary ICD-9-CM codes as potential predictors of surgical site infections

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 701-705

  West, Jessica ^a   Khan, Yosef ^a   Murray, David M ^b   Stevenson, Kurt B ^a,b,c  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care associated infection; ICD 9 secondary codes; infection surveillance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SECONDARY INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049388653     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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