Adverse drug events in German hospital routine data: A validation of International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10) diagnostic codes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Adverse drug events (ADEs) during hospital stays are a significant problem of healthcare systems. Established monitoring systems lack completeness or are cost intensive. Routinely assigned International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) codes could complement existing systems for ADE identification. To analyze the potential of using routine data for ADE detection, the validity of a set of ICD codes was determined focusing on hospital-acquired events.

Material and methods

The study utilized routine data from four German hospitals covering the years 2014 and 2015. A set of ICD, 10th Revision, German Modification (ICD-10-GM) diagnoses coded most frequently in the routine data and identified as codes indicating ADEs was analyzed.

SUBMITTER: Kuklik N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5667751 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature