Comparing the validity of different ICD coding abstraction strategies for sepsis case identification in German claims data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Fleischmann Struzek, Carolin ^a   Thomas Rüddel, Daniel O ^a   Schettler, Anna ^a   Schwarzkopf, Daniel ^a   Stacke, Angelika ^a   Seymour, Christopher W ^b   Haas, Christoph ^a   Dennler, Ulf ^a   Reinhart, Konrad ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEPSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDATION STUDY; BIOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; CODING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL CODING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SEPSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 85050867548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198847     Document Type: Article

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