Measuring complications of serious pediatric emergencies using ICD-10.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To create definitions for complications for 16 serious pediatric conditions using the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification or Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-CM/PCS), and to assess whether complication rates are similar to those measured with ICD-9-CM/PCS.

Data sources

The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Emergency Department and Inpatient Databases from five states between 2014 and 2017 were used to identify cases and assess complication rates. Incidences were calculated using population counts from the 5-year American Community Survey.

Data collection/extraction methods

Patients were identified by the presence of a diagnosis code for one of the 16 serious conditions. Only the first encounter for a give

SUBMITTER: Michelson KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7968945 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature