Coding of Barrett's oesophagus with high-grade dysplasia in national administrative databases: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10) system used in the English hospital administrative database (Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)) does not contain a specific code for oesophageal high-grade dysplasia (HGD). The aim of this paper was to examine how patients with HGD were coded in HES and whether it was done consistently.

Setting

National population-based cohort study of patients with newly diagnosed with HGD in England. The study used data collected prospectively as part of the National Oesophago-Gastric Cancer Audit (NOGCA). These records were linked to HES to investigate the pattern of ICD-10 codes recorded for these patients at the time of diagnosis.

Participants

All patients with a new diagnosis of HGD between 1 April 20

SUBMITTER: Chadwick G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734356 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature