Accuracy of lung cancer ICD-9-CM codes in Umbria, Napoli 3 Sud and Friuli Venezia Giulia administrative healthcare databases: a diagnostic accuracy study

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 8; no. 5; p. e020628
• Main Authors: Montedori, Alessandro, Bidoli, Ettore, Serraino, Diego, Fusco, Mario, Giovannini, Gianni, Casucci, Paola, Franchini, David, Granata, Annalisa, Ciullo, Valerio, Vitale, Maria Francesca, Gobbato, Michele, Chiari, Rita, Cozzolino, Francesco, Orso, Massimiliano, Orlandi, Walter, Abraha, Iosief
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.05.2018; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Accuracy; Algorithms; Bias; Codes; Colorectal cancer; Disease; Health risk assessment; Hospitals; Information sources; Lung cancer; Medical diagnosis; Metastasis; Research Methods; Systematic review; Validation studies; Validity; Italy; Sweden; lung cancer; positive predictive value; Icd-9-cm; validity; administrative database; sensitivity and specificity

ObjectivesTo assess the accuracy of International Classification of Diseases 9th Revision–Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes in identifying subjects with lung cancer.DesignA cross-sectional diagnostic accuracy study comparing ICD-9-CM 162.x code (index test) in primary position with medical char...