Objectives. This study examined the validity of the Complications Screening Program (CSP)
by testing whether (1) ICD-9-CM codes used to identify a complication are coded completely …

The Complications Screening Program (CSP) is a method using standard hospital discharge
abstract data to identify 27 potentially preventable in-hospital complications, such as post …

Background. Hospital discharge diagnoses, coded by use of the International Classification
of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), increasingly determine …

Objectives: To compare the recording of 30-day postoperative complications between a
national clinical registry and Medicare inpatient claims data and to determine whether the …

Objective. The use of administrative data to identify inpatient complications is technically
feasible and inexpensive but unproven as a quality measure. Our objective was to validate …

Background The ICD-10 codes are used globally for comparison of diagnoses and
complications, and are an important tool for the development of patient safety, healthcare …

The purpose of this study is to assess whether postoperative complications can be
ascertained using administrative data. We randomly sampled 991 adults who underwent …

OBJECTIVE: Canadian administrative hospital discharge data contain a diagnosis-type
indicator for each coded diagnosis that allows researchers to distinguish complications from …

Objectives. The authors tested the ability of International Classification of Diseases, 9th
Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes in discharge abstracts to identify medical …

BACKGROUND. Health care databases provide a widely used source of data for health care
research, but their accuracy remains uncertain. We analyzed data from the 1985 National …