Utilising multiple discharge coding will improve identification of patients with giant cell arteritis: a retrospective analysis of a hospital discharge dataset.

ABSTRACT: To determine whether the discharge diagnosis codes used within tertiary hospitals accurately identified patients with Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), as determined by expert opinion at 6 months. The study was performed across three major hospitals within Perth, Western Australia. Patients with an International Classification of Diseases (ICD) code for GCA (M31.5 and M31.6) at discharge on first inpatient presentation were identified. Review of case notes, discharge summaries, letters, pathology, and imaging results were undertaken. The percentage of patients with an ICD code for GCA at initial discharge with confirmed GCA by expert opinion at 6 months (as the anchor diagnosis) was calculated. As validation of the anchor diagnosis, the percentage who fulfilled the 2022 ACR/EULAR criteria was al

SUBMITTER: Dermawan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11845429 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature