Defining ICD-10 surrogate variables to estimate the modified frailty index: a Delphi-based approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are currently no validated globally and freely available tools to estimate the modified frailty index (mFI). The widely available and non-proprietary International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) coding could be used as a surrogate for the mFI. We aimed to establish an appropriate set of the ICD-10 codes for comorbidities to be used to estimate the eleven-variable mFI.

Methods

A three-stage, web-based, Delphi consensus-building process among a panel of intensivists and geriatricians using iterative rounds of an online survey, was conducted between March and July 2021. The consensus was set a priori at 75% overall agreement. Additionally, we assessed if survey responses differed between intensivists

SUBMITTER: Subramaniam A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9107186 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature