Validation of an administrative coding algorithm for classifying surgical indication and operative features of spine surgery

Spine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 114-120

  Kazberouk, Alexander ^a   Martin, Brook I ^b   Stevens, Jennifer P ^c   McGuire, Kevin J ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

and outcomes; coding algorithm to classify patients by surgical indications; costs; health care utilization; hospital claims data; lumbar decompression; lumbar fusion; lumbar spine diagnosis and procedure codes; spine surgery indication; tertiary care academic medical center

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODING ALGORITHM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ALGORITHM; CODING; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISCECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; SPINAL DISEASES;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL CODING; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84921405441     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000682     Document Type: Article

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