Validity of hospital diagnostic codes to identify SARS-CoV-2 infections in reference to polymerase chain reaction results: a descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2020, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10) codes were created for laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections. We assessed the operating characteristics of ICD-10 discharge diagnostic code U07.1 within the General Medicine Inpatient Initiative (GEMINI).

Methods

GEMINI assembles hospitalization data (including administrative ICD-10 discharge diagnostic codes, laboratory results and demographic data) from hospitals in Ontario, Canada. We studied adults (age ≥ 18 yr) admitted during 2020 and tested at least once for SARS-CoV-2 via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) during (or within 48 h before) hospitalization. With PCR results as the reference standard, we calculated sensitivity, specificity,

SUBMITTER: Moura CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10610021 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature