Journal
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 63, Issue 7, Pages 790-797Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.09.002
Keywords
Pulmonary embolism; Venous thrombosis; Sensitivity; Medical record systems, computerized; International classification of diseases; Hospitals
Funding
- French Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Grenoble University Hospital
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Objective: To estimate the sensitivity of International Classification of Diseases, Tenth revision (ICD-10) hospital discharge diagnosis codes for identifying deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). Study Design and Setting: We compared predefined ICD-10 discharge diagnosis codes with the diagnoses that were prospectively recorded for 1,375 patients with suspected DVT or PE who were enrolled at 25 hospitals in France. Sensitivity was calculated as the percentage of patients identified by predefined ICD-10 codes among positive cases of acute symptomatic DVT or PE confirmed by objective testing. Results: The sensitivity of ICD-10 codes was 58.0% (159 of 274; 95% Cl: 51.9, 64.1) for isolated DVT and 88.9% (297 of 334; 95% CI: 85.6, 92.2) for PE. Depending on the hospital, the median values for sensitivity were 57.7% for DVT (interquartile range, IQR, 48.6-66.7; intracluster correlation coefficient, 0.02; P = 0.31) and 88.9% for PE (IQR, 83.3-96.3; intracluster correlation coefficient, 0.11; P = 0.03). The sensitivity of ICD-10 codes was lower for surgical patients and for patients who developed PE or DVT while they were hospitalized. Conclusion: ICD-10 discharge diagnosis codes yield satisfactory sensitivity for identifying objectively confirmed PE. A substantial proportion of DVT cases are missed when using hospital discharge data for complication screening or research purposes. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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