Accuracy of diagnosis codes to identify febrile young infants using administrative data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Administrative data can be used to determine optimal management of febrile infants and aid clinical practice guideline development.

Objective

Determine the most accurate International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) diagnosis coding strategies for identification of febrile infants.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Setting

Eight emergency departments in the Pediatric Health Information System.

Patients

Infants aged <90 days evaluated between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013 were randomly selected for medical record review from 1 of 4 ICD-9 diagnosis code groups: (1) discharge diagnosis of fever, (2) admission diagnosis of fever without discharge diagnosis of fever, (3) discharge diagnosis of serious infection without

SUBMITTER: Aronson PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4715646 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature