Toward Reliable Symptom Coding in Electronic Health Records for Symptom Assessment and Research: Identification and Categorization of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification Symptom Codes.

ABSTRACT: To date, symptom documentation has mostly relied on clinical notes in electronic health records or patient-reported outcomes using disease-specific symptom inventories. To provide a common and precise language for symptom recording, assessment, and research, a comprehensive list of symptom codes is needed. The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision or its clinical modification ( International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification ) has a range of codes designated for symptoms, but it does not contain codes for all possible symptoms, and not all codes in that range are symptom related. This study aimed to identify and categorize the first list of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification symptom codes for a

SUBMITTER: Cao T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11377150 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature