Open Access<p>Performance of ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes for Identifying Acute Ischemic Stroke in a National Health Insurance Claims Database</p>
Author(s) -
Meng-Tsang Hsieh,
ChengYang Hsieh,
Tzu-Tung Tsai,
YiChing Wang,
Sheng Feng Sung
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s273853
Subject(s) - medicine , diagnosis code , medical diagnosis , icd 10 , database , stroke (engine) , medical record , hospital discharge , positive predicative value , predictive value , coding (social sciences) , emergency medicine , pediatrics , population , pathology , statistics , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , environmental health , computer science , engineering , mathematics
The validity of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) coding for the identification of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in Taiwan's National Health Insurance claims database has not been investigated. This study aimed to construct and validate the case definition algorithms for AIS based on ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes.