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- Title
Does date stamping ICD-9-CM codes increase the value of clinical information in administrative data?
- Authors
Glance, Laurent G; Dick, Andrew W; Osler, Turner M; Mukamel, Dana B
- Abstract
Comorbidity measures are designed to exclude complications when they map International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM) codes to diagnostic categories. The use of data fields that indicates whether each secondary diagnosis was present at the time of hospital admission may lead to the more accurate identification of preexisting conditions.
- Publication
Health services research, 2006, Vol 41, Issue 1, p231
- ISSN
0017-9124
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00419.x