Validation of administrative codes for calcium pyrophosphate deposition: A veterans administration study

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 189-192

  Bartels, Christie M ^a   Singh, Jasvinder A ^b,c   Parperis, Konstantinos ^d   Huber, Karri ^d   Rosenthal, Ann K ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium pyrophosphate; chondrocalcinosis; CPPD disease; ICD 9 CM code; veterans

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE DEPOSITION; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; MINERAL METABOLISM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGOUT; RADIOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERAN; CLASSIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84936949452     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: 15367355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000251     Document Type: Article

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