The Validity of HCC Diagnosis Codes in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients in the Veterans Health Administration

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1180-1185

  Omino, Ronald ^a   Mittal, Sahil ^a   Kramer, Jennifer R ^a   Chayanupatkul, Maneerat ^a   Richardson, Peter ^a   Kanwal, Fasiha ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HBV; HCC; Hepatoma; ICD 9; Liver cancer; Veterans; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; ICD-9; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; GOVERNMENT; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VETERANS HEALTH;

ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 85014515520     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-017-4503-4     Document Type: Article

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