Open AccessThe Validity of Discharge Billing Codes Reflecting Severe Maternal Morbidity
Author(s) -
Matthew Sigakis,
Lisa Leffert,
Hooman Mirzakhani,
Nadir Sharawi,
Baskar Rajala,
William M. Callaghan,
Elena V. Kuklina,
Andreea A. Creanga,
Jill M. Mhyre,
Brian T. Bateman
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000001436
Subject(s) - medicine , diagnosis code , hospital discharge , medical record , confidence interval , medical diagnosis , emergency medicine , pediatrics , population , surgery , environmental health , pathology
Discharge diagnoses are used to track national trends and patterns of maternal morbidity. There are few data regarding the validity of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes used for this purpose. The goal of our study was to try to better understand the validity of administrative data being used to monitor and assess trends in morbidity.