Validity of International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding for dengue infections in hospital discharge records in Malaysia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitalization due to dengue illness is an important measure of dengue morbidity. However, limited studies are based on administrative database because the validity of the diagnosis codes is unknown. We validated the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD) diagnosis coding for dengue infections in the Malaysian Ministry of Health's (MOH) hospital discharge database.

Methods

This validation study involves retrospective review of available hospital discharge records and hand-search medical records for years 2010 and 2013. We randomly selected 3219 hospital discharge records coded with dengue and non-dengue infections as their discharge diagnoses from the national hospital discharge database. We then randomly sampled 216 and 144 records for pat

SUBMITTER: Woon YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5910617 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature