作者
Shelli L Feder, Nancy S Redeker, Sangchoon Jeon, Dena Schulman-Green, Julie A Womack, Janet P Tate, Roger J Bedimo, Matthew J Budoff, Adeel A Butt, Kristina Crothers, Kathleen M Akgün
发表日期
2018/7
期刊
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®
卷号
35
期号
7
页码范围
959-965
出版商
SAGE Publications
简介
Background
Patients with heart failure (HF) are at increased risk of unmet palliative care needs. The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code, V66.7, can identify palliative care services. However, code validity for specialist palliative care in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has not been determined.
Objective
To validate the ICD-9 code for specialist palliative care and determine common reasons for specialist palliative care consultation among VHA patients hospitalized with HF.
Design
Electronic health record review of data from the Veterans Aging Cohort Study.
Setting/Participants
The sample included 100 patients hospitalized with HF from 2003 to 2012.
Measurements
Data from 50 patients with V66.7 were matched by age, race, site of care, hospital length of stay, intensive care unit admission, and fiscal year of study discharge to 50 patients with HF without V66.7 who had died …
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