Administrative database concerns: Accuracy of international classification of diseases, ninth revision coding is poor for preoperative anemia in patients undergoing spinal fusion

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 2019-2023

  Golinvaux, Nicholas S ^a   Bohl, Daniel D ^a   Basques, Bryce A ^a   Grauer, Jonathan N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative database; complete blood count; hematocrit; ICD 9; negative predictive value; positive predictive value; preoperative anemia; sensitivity; specificity; spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FUSION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; CODING; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CLINICAL CODING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84930062508     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000598     Document Type: Article

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