Validation of the V66.7 Code for Palliative Care Consultation in a Single Academic Medical Center

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 372-377

  Hua, May ^a,b   Li, Guohua ^a,b   Clancy, Caitlin ^a   Morrison, R Sean ^c   Wunsch, Hannah ^a,d,e  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

end of life care; International Classification of Disease Codes; palliative medicine; validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; DEMENTIA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; CODING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL CODING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017138978     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0363     Document Type: Article

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