Validation of an International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision coding algorithm to identify decompressive craniectomy for stroke

Validation of an International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision coding algorithm to identify decompressive craniectomy for stroke

Abstract Background Although International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD9-CM) coding is the basis of administrative claims data, no study has validated an ICD9-CM algorithm to identify patients undergoing decompressive craniectomy for space-occupying supratent...

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Main Authors: Hormuzdiyar H. Dasenbrock, David J. Cote, Yuri Pompeu, Viren S. Vasudeva, Timothy R. Smith, William B. Gormley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Decompressive craniectomy
International classification of disease
Ischemic stroke
Validation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-017-0864-8

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