Systematic review: development of a consensus code set to identify cirrhosis in electronic health records.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic health records (EHRs) collate longitudinal data that can be used to facilitate large-scale research in patients with cirrhosis. However, there is no consensus code set to define the presence of cirrhosis in EHR. This systematic review aims to evaluate the validity of diagnostic coding in cirrhosis and to synthesise a comprehensive set of ICD-10 codes for future EHR research.

Method

MEDLINE and EMBASE databases were searched for studies that used EHR to identify cirrhosis and cirrhosis-related complications. Validated code sets were summarised, and the performance characteristics were extracted. Citation analysis was done to inform development of a consensus code set. This was then validated in a cohort of patients.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Shearer JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9302659 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature